Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture/Sobrevivir y Prosperar: Sida, Politica y Cultura

The National Library of Medicine produced Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture/Sobrevivir y Prosperar: Sida, Politica y Cultura, guest curated by historian and educator Jennifer Brier, Ph.D.

The traveling exhibition and companion website tell the story about a new disease that appeared in the United States in 1981. Reactions to the disease, soon named AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), varied. Early responders cared for the sick, fought homophobia, and promoted new practices to keep people healthy. Scientists and public health officials struggled to understand the disease and how it spread. Politicians remained largely silent until the epidemic became too big to ignore. Activists demanded that people with AIDS be part of the solution.

Surviving and Thriving/Sobrevivir y Prosperar illustrates an iconic history of AIDS alongside lesser-known examples of historical figures who changed the course of the pandemic. Surviving and Thriving/Sobrevivir y Prosperar, a Spanish- and English-language online adaptation of a 2013 exhibition, features Resources, including class resources and links to selected NLM health information resources. A digital gallery features a curated selection of fully digitized items from NLM Digital Collections that showcase NLM’s rich collection of posters and other ephemera on HIV/AIDS from 1981 to the present day

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The National Library of Medicine produced this exhibition and companion website.

Esta exhibición fue producida por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de los Estados Unidos.