{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62fcec3109158d001200be37/635a27bd4428e60012b5c2b2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Don't Die of Ignorance","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62fcec3109158d001200be37/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>One of the most iconic adverts of all time and the only major HIV awareness campaign there has ever been. This week, we look at the background of the 'Don't Die of Ignorance' adverts that terrified a generation.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/sep/04/how-we-made-dont-die-of-ignorance-aids-campaign\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">'It was a life-and-death situation. Wards were full of young men dying': How we made the Don't Die of Ignorance Aids campaign | Art and design | The Guardian</a></p><p><a href=\"https://placingthepublic.lshtm.ac.uk/2018/05/20/remembering-the-dont-die-of-ignorance-campaign/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Remembering the ‘Don’t Die of Ignorance’ campaign - Placing the Public in Public Health: Public Health in Britain, 1948-2010 (lshtm.ac.uk)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8900489/AIDS-TV-advert-proved-scaring-witless-ISNT-way-beat-Covid-writes-BARNEY-CALMAN.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">1980s AIDS TV ads show scaring public ISN'T the way to beat Covid | Daily Mail Online</a></p><p><a href=\"https://wellcomecollection.org/works/kx943x59/items\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security. | Wellcome Collection</a></p><p><a href=\"https://ethicalmarketingnews.com/past-campaigns-aids-dont-die-ignorance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Past Campaigns – Aids – Don’t Die of Ignorance – Ethical Marketing News</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Further information</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iroty5zwOVw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">AIDS: Monolith (1987) - YouTube</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTB0HKAs0Eg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">AIDS - Iceberg (1987, UK) - YouTube</a></p>","author_name":"TVPS"}