Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/an-illustrated-history-of-aids Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story The colorful posters have graced walls and subways in London, New York, and Paris. But they weren’t ads for the latest haute couture — they were all once part of public health campaigns aimed at raising awareness of AIDS. Since 1990, Dr. Edward Atwater has collected more than 6,000 of them from 150 countries.