In a previous post, I gave details about an upcoming Needle and Syringe Cultures Exhibition being organised by the Centre for Health and Society at the University of Melbourne. The Exhibition has now been running for 9 days and has been a great success! The opening was performed on 18th July by Professor Vjoletta Braach-Maksvytis, DVC Innovation and Development at the University of Melbourne, who addressed her speech to a crowd of over 60 people who had gathered to view the various displays, which include private syringe collections, interactive models and short films. The Exhibition runs until 2pm on Saturday 28th July, in the Executive Lounge of the Gilbert Building on Grattan Street, so if you’ve not yet managed to visit there is still time!
Pictured here are the curators of the Exhibition: (left to right) Kim McLeod, Ann Brothers, John Fitzgerald, Cat Wilson and Jack Wallace.
car o | 06-Sep-07 at 11:52 am | Permalink
I want to add here some information about the exhibition….
Syringe manufacturers estimate Australians use 800 million syringes a year. Globally the total is around 30 billion.
In 2006 about 30 million syringes were distributed by Australian governments’ needle and syringe programs in the effort to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Thanks for this blog