"The Fighting Man" in the Ephesus Museum - Austria

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Sent from Portugal by "geminiscp"

"The Ephesos Museum in Vienna displays antiquities from the city of Ephesus (German: Ephesos), in modern-day Turkey. Begun in the late 19th century, the collection includes original works of sculpture and architecture, and belongs to the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Since 1978 the Ephesos Museum has had its own rooms in the Neue Burg. Before the museum was established, the present exhibits were provisionally displayed in various locations, including on occasion the Theseus Temple in the Volksgarten.

Lying on the Turkish Aegean coast, Ephesus was one of the largest cities of the ancient world and is now among the most popular tourist destinations in Turkey. The Austrian Archaeological Institute has been conducting research in the ruins of the city since 1895, interrupted only by the two world wars. The museum's collection began when Sultan Abdul Hamid II donated some of the archaeological findings to Emperor Franz Joseph I. Due to a change in Turkish law, no more artefacts have been sent to Vienna since 1907. Many other Ephesus artefacts are on display in the Ephesus Archaeological Museum near the site of the excavation in Selçuk." In: Wikipedia

Breast cancer awareness - Portugal

© Sociedade Portuguesa de Senologia / Bloom Up

Sent by Cristina

In Portuguese:
 "Ignorar / Detetar
Faça a escolha acertada!
Por ano, um em cada três novos casos de cancro diagnosticado na mulher é de mama."

In English:

"Ignore / Detect
Do the right choice!
Every year, one in three new cases of cancer diagnosed in women is breast."

Babies with AIDS - Portugal

© Jeremie Hassoun (art director)/ Pascal Naguin (copywriter)

Offered by Sapic12

Information on the card:

"Children are the missing face of AIDS. Every day, almost 1800 children under 15 become HIV-positive and 1400 died of AIDS-related illness. Do not forget them. Keep the promise. Behave responsibly and help stop AIDS." Source: UNICEF AIDS Report 2005

This motive realised by the french agency GRRREY! (Grey Globe Group) is the winner of a creative competition powered by the International Freecard Alliance. Publicards is the Portugal partner of IFA.

1.5 million copies of this freecard have been printed and distributed in 19 countries around the globe"

European Health Insurance Card - Portugal

© EU

Sent by "geminiscp"

This is an ad card to inform the advantages of the European Health Insurance Card.

Information on the back in Portuguese: "O Cartão Europeu de Seguro de Doença garante-lhe tratamento igual ao das pessoas residentes no país que está a visitar. Válido em 31 países europeus."

Translation to English: "The European Health Insurance Card guarantees equal treatment of people living in the country you are visiting. Valid in 31 European countries."

PL-364245 - In love

© Krzyaztof Klelbasinski

PL-364245 sent by "doel"

On this year's trip to Poland I've bought this postcard, but last week it came also as an official: a fragile heart with a bandage

Ad card about the referendum of legal abortion - Portugal

© Postalfree

unused, offered by Blicas Blocas

Portuguese: "Tira a cabeça da areia! Responde às questões e descobre se és do tipo avestruz ou se, pelo contrário, enfrentas os problemas."

English: "Take your head out of the sand! Answer the questions and find out if you are like an ostrich or if you face the problems."

GB-319427 - St John Ambulance

© A Post Office Picture Card Series

GB-319427 sent by "han_cat"

I'm very happy with this card! It's absolutely the perfect health care postcard!

Information on the card:
"St John Ambulance 1887-1987 (First Aid in Wartime 1940)
Reproduced from a stamp designed by Debbie Cook and issued by The Post Office on 16 June 1987"

From Wikipedia:
"St John Ambulance, branded as St John in some territories, is a common name used by a number of affiliated organisations in different countries dedicated to the teaching and practice of medical first aid and the provision of ambulance services, all of which derive their origins from the St John Ambulance Association founded in 1877 in the United Kingdom. Each national group falls within the charge of a Priory or National Council of the Venerable Order of Saint John in which each Priory ranks alongside the others.

In several priories St John Ambulance has commercial sections or subsidiaries operating to generate surplus for charitable activities; these are structured much like other commercial bodies. The membership aspect of St John Ambulance is largely ranked, and members fall into a hierarchical structure of command. Ranks run from corporals, through sergeants and officers all the way up to high national ranks, but there is significant variation between Priories and it is hard to generalise the structure too much from an international perspective." In: Wikipedia

Teen Pregnancy - USA

© Christian Witkin (photo), NCPTP

Ad card RR G87-Awareness, sent by "HeatherC"

Front side: "I had sex so my boyfriend wouldn't reject me. Now, I have a baby. And no boyfriend."

Back side: "Four in ten girls get pregnant by age 20. The only way to be sure you don't get pregnant - or get someone pregnant - is not to have sex. But if you do, use protection every time. Sex has consequences. www.teenpregnancy.com"

Mental Health Month - Australia

© Artwork by The National Grid, published by Avantcard

Ad card RR G87 - Awareness, sent by "crizle"

Get well soon - Switzerland

A great surprise from "geminiscp": two health related postcards that she bought in Switzerland!

© Artwork by Barbara Eswards, Produced by Freshfish

© J. Siegmann

Nurse duck - Switzerland

© Klaus Kerres

Alex sent this RAS postcard. I also have it from Anja.

Give AIDS no chance (I) - Germany

© Edgar Freecards

RR Ad Cards G87, sent by "Goyesna"

This ad card is one of several from a campaign in Germany to prevent AIDS.

Death by drowning is quick and silent - Portugal

© APSI, published by Postalfree

Last summer the APSI (Associação para a Promoção da Seguança Infantil - Association for Child Safety Promotion) made this free advertise postcard as an alert to the child deaths by drawning in pools, garden lakes, sea, etc. The front is in Portuguese and English. Offered by joaninha.

World AIDS Day - Portugal

Today is World AIDS Day. Today we remind everyone that some diseases are transmitted by sexual relations such AIDS, HVP, syphilis...

A few years ago, a Portuguese Authority (Comissão Nacional de Luta Contra a SIDA) made a campaign for safe sex:

Brest cancer - Portugal

Published by Postalfree

An add card about the brest cancer and the importance of the early diagnose. Sent by cristina.

Museum of Medical History - Finland

Published by Varisuomi OY

From the Alien RR, "aj-person" sent this health related postcard from the Museum of Medical History at University of Helsinki, showing Elias Lönnrot's book, cupping horns and a cupping axe.

Do you suffer from the WK feaver? - Netherlands

Published by Drukker.nl

Dutch: "Ook zo'n last van de WK koorts?"

English: "Do you suffer from the WK feaver?"

WK is a website that sells products related to de colors the represents the Dutch nation.

SE-19931 - Doping risks

SE-19931 sent by missblesk

As a health professional I like to receive cards related to health. So these two cards came com Sweden and they tell the harmful effects that doping provokes on different body parts. "Missblesk" sent the two version: male and female.

"The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is commonly referred to by the term "doping", particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions. The use of performance enhancing drugs is mostly done to improve athletic performance." In Wikipedia

World No Tobacco Day

Today the World invites all the smokers to make a 24h period of abstinence of all forms of tobacco. Today is World No Tobacco Day!

The World Health Organization (WHO) selects "The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control" as the theme of the next World No Tobacco Day, which will take place on Tuesday, 31 May 2011.

Tobacco's toll: < 6 million people die each year from tobacco use or exposure to tobacco

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs): 63%of all deaths are caused by NCDs, for which tobacco use is the greatest risk factor, after high blood pressure. In: http://www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/2011/en/index.html

 This card came from France, a swap with Anaïs.