Saturday, February 9, 2019

Illias Ali

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'''Illias Ali''' (born 1956) is a surgeon from [[Assam]], India. He is the Chairman of the Population Foundation North East organisation. In 2019, Ali was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] civilian honour by the [[President of India]], Ram Nath Kovind, for his contribution towards raising awareness about family planning and birth control measures in the backward areas of Assam.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

== Career ==
He is a retired medical surgeon from the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital.<ref name=":0" />

== Social work ==
Since 1993, Ali has been championing the cause of family planning and the necessity to adopt birth control measures in the backward areas of Assam, especially within the Bengali Muslim settlements where the use of contraceptives is prominently considered to be non-Islamic in nature. He encourages the people to undergo the ''[[No scalpel vasectomy|No Scalpel Vasectomy]]'' (NSV) and despite strong resistance, he has motivated around 55,000 people to undergo the NSV process between 2008 and 2018. Ali has also spoken out against child marriage and polygamy.<ref></ref>

''Kuri Satikar Mahabyadhi-AIDS'' is a book on AIDS which Ali co-authored in the Assamese language.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

== References ==

[[Category:Surgeons]]
[[Category:Surgeons by nationality]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine]]


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