Material related to Quinacrine drug and its effects. The file contains a research paper by Elton Kessel & Stephen D. Mumford titled ‘Potential demand for voluntary female sterilization in the 1980s: the compelling need for a nonsurgical method’ and a working paper by Charles S. Carignan, Deborah Rogow & Amy E. Pollack titled ‘The Quinacrine method of nonsurgical sterilization: Report of an experts meeting’. It also, includes a copy of a reply to a Parliamentary question asked in the matter of quinacrine, a paper by Shree Mulay titled ‘Quinacrine Sterilisation: Unethical trials’, a Saheli report titled ‘Quinacrine: the sordid story of chemical sterilization of women’ among other related material
‘Agrarian Structure, Environmental Concerns and Rural Poverty’ - Elmhirst Memorial Lecture delivered by Vijay S. Vyas at XXI International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Tokyo, Japan
Material or articles on health, drugs and vaccine policy: Includes a USA Today cover story on soaring cost of prescription drugs, text of a lecture delivered by S. Guhan on ‘Health in India During a period of Economic Adjustment’, draft of a research paper titled ‘Health and Drug Policies: Making them the top of the Agenda’, a table comparing international prices vis-à-vis Indian prices of major drugs introduced in India during the last five years, etc.
Panos Briefings:
i) Essentials for Health: Ensuring Equitable Access to Drugs - No. 11, April 1994
ii) AIDS and MEN: Old problem, new angle - No. 6, December 1998
iii) Women’s Health: Using Human Rights to gain Reproductive Rights - No. 32, December 1998
iv) Beyond our Means? The cost of treating HIV/AIDS in the developing world - No. 7, July 2000
a) Documents related to population policy. Includes a letter from M.S. Swaminathan to B. Shankaranand regarding the National Population Policy Statement, a National Commission on Population document titled ‘The “Myth” and the “Reality”, a few press clippings on contraceptives and population control, etc.
b) Letter from Anil K. Chaudhary to Praful Bidwai enclosing material from Joint Action Committee, Kannur (JACK) which reveals facts regarding the way Multilateral Agencies are undermining the fundamental rights of the citizens, etc.
Population policy; Joint Action Committee, Kannur (JACK); Fundamental rights
