Anti-foeticide crusader dies

Chandigarh, February 23

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Manmohan Sharma, a public health activist who campaigned against female foeticide, died today after a long illness. He was 68.

Sharma, who was the executive director of an NGO, Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), had involved religious organisations in the drive against female foeticide. He was also instrumental in getting a ‘hukumnama’ issued by the Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib Jathedar against the menace.

Shamsher Rana, a representative of the VHAI, stated that despite failing health in recent years, Sharma had continued to raise issues of social concern, focusing on health.

Sharma had also played a key role in the enactment and implementation of the PNDT (Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques) Act as well as the free supply of medicines to HIV/AIDS patients. — TNS