“Wellbee” says BE WELL! take oral polio vaccine

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• Alternative Title:
  Wellbee says BE WELL! take oral polio vaccine
• Personal Author:
  Walker, Harold M.
• Corporate Authors:
  Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
• Description:
  This 1963 poster featured CDC’s national symbol of public health, the "Wellbee", who was depicted here encouraging the public to receive an oral polio vaccine.
  
  CDC used the Wellbee in its comprehensive marketing campaign that used newspapers, posters, leaflets, radio and television, as well as personal appearances at public health events. Wellbee’s first assignment was to sponsor Sabin Type-II oral polio vaccine campaigns across the United States. Later, Wellbee’s character was incorporated into other health promotion campaigns including diphtheria and tetanus immunizations, hand-washing, physical fitness, and injury prevention. This artifact can be found in the Global Health Odyssey, which is the CDC’s museum featuring many various public health-related artifacts.
  
  PHIL ID 7224
  
  http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp?pid=7224
  
  
• Subjects:
  CDC--history Health Promotion Mass Vaccination Polio/prevention & Control Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral Poliovirus Vaccines
• Series:
  Wellbee
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Name as Subject:
  Wellbee
• Genre:
  Popular Works
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  David J. Sencer CDC Museum
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:893ed00ee1f96c54dedb9b1317d269c8b0bc61a002f3d0f514a9ccc030e72c07b4cac0f030ddab382f657c31098dece45965e594ea795338f6512500cd127f5b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/27582/cdc_27582_DS1.tif
• File Type:
  [TIF - 643.22 KB ]