Spread of Diseases

A health-education sheet headed 'Diseases caused by faeces: how disease is spread' shows two numbered panels. Panel 3, 'not keeping personal and public hygiene', pairs a child eating with dirty hands with a fly-covered rubbish heap; panel 4, 'using infected utensils', shows bowls, chopsticks, bottles and a teapot. The tell is the pairing of everyday habits with images of contamination, with no named figure or statistic.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Fear appeal

Date

1965

Period

Cold War

Made by

Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section, Saigon, for the South Vietnamese government

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

Theme

Health

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
Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section, Saigon, for the South Vietnamese government. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-8-1001.

CÁC BỆNH DO PHÂN

CÁCH TRUYỀN BỆNH

3 KHÔNG GIỮ VỆ SINH CÁ NHÂN VÀ CÔNG CỘNG:

TAY BẨN ĐƯA ĐỒ ĂN LÊN MIỆNG

ĐỔ RÁC BỪA BÃI

4 DÙNG ĐỒ ĂN VÀ BÁT CHÉN NHIỄM TRÙNG:

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DISEASES FROM FAECES

HOW DISEASE IS SPREAD

3 NOT KEEPING PERSONAL AND PUBLIC HYGIENE:

DIRTY HANDS PUT FOOD INTO THE MOUTH

DUMPING RUBBISH CARELESSLY

4 USING INFECTED FOOD AND DISHES:

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