Two articles of interest from Dr. Radhika Ramasubban

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Dear FORUM,

This is to introduce you to Dr. Radhika Ramasubban's two recent

papers which may have an interest for subscribers of AIDS INDIA e

FORUM.

Radhika Ramasubban (2007) HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN MODERN INDIA:

1857-2005. In Milton J. and Kerrie L. MacPherson (eds.), A

Comparative History of Public Health in Asia and the Pacific, London:

Routledge, 2007.

Radhika Ramasubban (2005) CULTURE, POLITICS AND DISCOURSES ON

SEXUALITY: A HISTORY OF RESISTANCE TO THE ANTI-SODOMY LAW IN INDIA.

In , lind Petchesky and Sember (eds.).

2007. SexPolitics: Reports from the Frontlines (E-Book).

www.sxpolitics.org/frontlines.

Both place HIV/AIDS within broader contexts. One is a chapter on the

History of Public Health in India 1857-2005 that is published by

Routledge as a chapter in a book on the comparative histories of

public health in the Asia pacific Region ed. by Milton and

Kerrie MacPherson of the University of Sydney.

Another is a history of the resistance to Section 377 IPC, that is

published as a chapter in an eook called Sexual Politics: Reports

from the Frontlines ed. by , lind Petchesky and

Sember of Columbia University.

If you think you might like to receive a copy of this articles my may

contact Dr. Ramasubban directly.

Dr. Radhika Ramasubban is a sociologist and social historian, who has

worked in the areas of science and technology policy; history of

public health; rural water supply- sanitation-health linkages as a basis for

infrastructure planning; urban health processes and behaviours; and, more

recently, women's reproductive health, sexuality and HIV/AIDS.

While India has been the principal focus in all these studies, she

has, variously, directed and been part of cross-country studies,

particularly in the fields of rural water supply, women's health,

and the politics of sexuality. She has published widely - books,

chapters in edited books, papers in academic journals, and popular

articles and books - and some of her work – notably in the water

sector - has also resulted in major policy outcomes.

Dr. Ramasubban has been on the teaching and research faculty of

leading academic institutions in India and abroad (notably University

of Sussex, Bombay University); visiting professor and lecturer in

several universities abroad (notably Harvard University, Universities of London

and Oslo); and advisor and consultant to the Government of India and to

international agencies and international research coalitions (notably the World

Bank, WHO, ILO) in her fields of expertise.

At the grassroots, she has been an environmental activist in Mumbai

working with slum dwellers for infrastructural improvements within

slums, and on citizen-led projects for the conservation of public

spaces. Until recently she was Director of the Centre for Social

and Technological Change, Mumbai, an independent policy-oriented

social science research group that she helped co-found. Currently,

she works part-time with the CSTC as Senior Fellow and is a free

lance consultant and writer.

You may contact Dr. Radhika Ramasubban by e-mail: soctec@...

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