V. D. Radio Project
The V. D. Radio Project was a public health campaign created by the United States Public Health Service in 1949 to combat syphilis. In 1949, taking advantage of the recently developed treatments of the sexually transmitted disease involving penicillin, the United States Public Health Service enlisted the help of radio veteran and Columbia University professor Erik Barnouw to create a series of radio programs intended to raise awareness and to influence the millions of men and women suffering from the disease to seek help.