Neo-natal Clinic, Esselen Street, April 2014

CCAC #: 0571
Artwork title: Neo-natal Clinic, Esselen Street, April 2014
Artist(s): David Southwood
Year made: 2014
Artwork type: Photography
Medium: Photograph
Framed dimensions (in mm): 610 x 840
Source: Donated by Edwin Cameron
Year acquired: 2020
Installation type: Movable artwork
Current location: On private display
Exhibitions:
Signage:

Hours before dawn, pregnant women begin queuing outside this clinic in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Many are HIV positive. Clinics have made South Africa’s anti-retroviral roll-out possible, helping to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the virus by providing neonatal care. This photograph forms part of the artist's book Bill of Rights.

Themes: HIV/AIDS
2009-2018 (Jacob Zuma's presidency)
Johannesburg
Constitutional links: Health care, food, water and social security rights (section 27)

CCAC 435534

Photographer: Staff
Photo copyright: CCT

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