ONE might not immediately associate postage stamps with the promotion of mental health ?although philately as a strain-relieving pastime is not without its therapeutic value?but stamps have long since acquired a wider significance than Sir Rowland Hill could ever have envisaged. They have become established as miniature advertising posters, exemplifying on world-wide correspondence an immense v...

background: this was a population-based study to examine whether the campaign for world aids day 2005 in iran was suc­cessful. methods: a random sample of the general population was asked whether they had seen the campaign and knew the mes­sage. they were also asked whether it was attractive; there was anything offensive, whether the campaign could raise aware­ness, and how they rated the campa...