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A Widening Idea of Health: The SAMRC from Creation to Covid
As part of its AIDS education programme, in 1990 CERSA organized
an innovative puppet theatre programme around the country in
conjunction with the African Research and Education Puppetry
Programme. Here the puppet ‘doctor’ explains the importance of having
one’s blood tested to prevent the spread of HIV. A second such initiative
(below) targeting schoolchildren made use of eye-catching posters.
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