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title: Các bệnh do phân (The Spread of Diseases)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/spread-of-diseases-feces-borne-1965-1969/
description: 'A health-education sheet (code SP-998) titled ''Diseases from faeces'' shows by line drawing how disease spreads: a squatting figure.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Các bệnh do phân, 1965 US poster: A health-education sheet (code SP-998) titled 'Diseases from faeces' shows by line drawing](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/spread-of-diseases-feces-borne-1965-1969.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/spread-of-diseases-feces-borne-1965-1969.jpg)

# Các bệnh do phân (The Spread of Diseases)

A health-education sheet (code SP-998) titled 'Diseases from faeces' shows by line drawing how disease spreads: a squatting figure, an unsanitary latrine over water, flies on a plate of food, and a person drinking from an unsafe water source or container. Its labels name the stages without giving a remedy or figures. The persuasion is light: a chain of cause and effect warns of the danger, and it is the closest honest technique rather than a clear fit.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
CÁC BỆNH DO PHÂN
CÁCH TRUYỀN BỆNH

PHÂN CHỨA MẦM BỆNH

CHỨA HỦY PHÂN KHÔNG HỢP VỆ-SINH

ĐI TIÊU BỪA BÃI

RUỒI ĐEM MẦM BỆNH ĐẾN THỨC ĂN

UỐNG NƯỚC NHIỄM TRÙNG

UỐNG NƯỚC NƠI NGUỒN NƯỚC HOẶC ĐỒ CHỨA NƯỚC KHÔNG HỢP VỆ-SINH

SP-998
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
DISEASES FROM FAECES
HOW DISEASES ARE SPREAD

Faeces carry disease germs

Storing and disposing of faeces in an unhygienic way

Defecating indiscriminately

Flies carry disease germs to food

Drinking contaminated water

Drinking water at a water source or from a water container that is not hygienic

SP-998
```

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