Diseases of the Respiratory System

A Vietnamese-language health-education chart explains how respiratory diseases spread. It sets bacteria (tuberculosis, pneumonia-type swelling of the lung, whooping cough, diphtheria) against viruses (colds, influenza, measles, smallpox) around a microscope, then shows direct transmission by kissing, sneezing and coughing, and indirect transmission by shared utensils and towels, spitting on the ground and sharing a bed with a sick person. The sheet is instructional and makes no political claim; its only appeal is the implied risk of infection.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Fear appeal

Date

1965

Period

Cold War

Made by

Republic of Vietnam public health education, issued through the U.S.-South Vietnamese poster programme (sheet code SP-1004)

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Johnson Administration

Leader

Lyndon B. Johnson

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Warn or inform

Themes

Health, Science and technology

Event

Vietnam War

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Psychological Warfare Posters, Vietnam War (NAID 561393), retrieved October 3, 2026

Rights

NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Republic of Vietnam public health education. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-8-1004.

CÁC BỆNH VỀ HÔ HẤP

CÁCH TRUYỀN BỆNH

VI TRÙNG
NGUYÊN NHÂN GÂY RA BỆNH
SIÊU VI TRÙNG

● HO LAO
● SƯNG PHỔI
● HO GÀ
● BẠCH HẦU

● CẢM
● CÚM
● SỞI
● ĐẬU MÙA

LAN TRUYỀN TRỰC TIẾP

HÔN
HẮT HƠI
HO BẮN NƯỚC MIẾNG VÀO NGƯỜI BÊN

LAN TRUYỀN GIÁN TIẾP

DÙNG CHUNG ĐỒ DÙNG CỦA NGƯỜI BỆNH
KHẠC NHỔ XUỐNG ĐẤT
NGỦ CHUNG VỚI NGƯỜI BỆNH

SP-1004

DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

HOW DISEASE IS TRANSMITTED

BACTERIA
CAUSES OF DISEASE
VIRUSES

● TUBERCULOSIS
● PNEUMONIA
● WHOOPING COUGH
● DIPHTHERIA

● COMMON COLD
● INFLUENZA
● MEASLES
● SMALLPOX

DIRECT TRANSMISSION

KISSING
SNEEZING
COUGHING SPRAY ONTO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU

INDIRECT TRANSMISSION

SHARING THE SICK PERSON'S BELONGINGS
SPITTING ON THE GROUND
SLEEPING WITH A SICK PERSON

SP-1004