World AIDS Day Posters

In this audio slideshow from BBC News, you can see the subtle and shocking ways that health campaigners have used images to raise HIV/AIDS awareness across the world. The posters use various methods, from humorous to blunt messages, to convey to observers why the message remains so important more than two decades after the virus was discovered.

• Click here to view the slideshow
• Link to the Wellcome Collection website
• Listen to World Service Africa Aids interview
• Look at the official World Aids Day website