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Stricken by Sight of a Condom, Mom Gets AIDS Billboard Taken Down

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Uptight parents getting weirded out by billboards is nothing new. But Van Nuys, Calif., resident Eve Ragsdale got an AIDS prevention ad torn down because she didn't want to explain [...]


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Ogilvy reverses assumptions in AIDS appeal

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A couple of recent road-safety PSAs have shown time running backwards to make the point that drunken accidents can't be reversed. The ravaging effects of AIDS can be reversed, however, [...]

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Crabs Assassin, other mobsters battle STDs

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Please just do yourself a favor and click through to the larger image of this billboard. I think da Crabs Assassin is my favorite HIV prevention mobster, but da Herpes [...]

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New Italian AIDS PSA gets tongues wagging

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This Word of Mouth Against HIV spot from Agency.com in Italy has a fair share of detractors. Some find it disturbing or disgusting. Indeed, the close-up of a guy slowly [...]

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TBWA Paris quick on the draw with AIDS ad

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(Note: Spot is NSFW.) If you thought the live-action, cinematic Africa spot by TBWA\Paris for the AIDES education group was impressive, check out the agency's entirely different but equally effective [...]

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Canadian ad warns of syphilitic sea monster

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The AIDS Committee of Toronto has an A-grade idea in their B-movie-style poster for Attack of the Cursed Syphilis. See the full ad here. It's well put together and gets [...]