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Covert clinical trial of sterilisation method

By Staff Correspondent
A covert clinical trial of Quinacrine. a chemical method of sterilisation, was being conducted on a number of women from low income group in Chittagong region, alleged a Canadian professor and leaders of women's organisations in the city yesterday.
Prof Shree Mulay. Director of McGill Centre for Research and Teaching ort Women at McGill University in Montreal. Canada, said that the women on whom these trials were being conducted were not aware that they were participating in a clinical trial which has not been approved by any national or international agency.
She was presenting the keynote paper on "Covert Trials. Overt Violations: The Case Against Quinacrine Method of Sterilisation" at a discussion
organised by UBINIG. a private development research organisation. Held at WVA auditorium. it was attended by leaders of women's bodies, physicians and NGO workers.
Quinacrine is a sclerosing agent that causes inflammation The drug pellets inside the wombs, burn uterine tissues and forms scabs. The inflammatory response results in the formation of scar tissue blocking the inner end of the fallopian tube which ultimately prevent the sperm from reaching the ovum.
It was alleged that Quinacrine. basically an anti-malarial drug used for chemical sterilisation, had been used on 530 women in the Chittagong slums. The programme was being carried out by the Principal of Chittagong Medical College, violating the government procedures for trials of new drugs and contraceptives, according to a statement issued following the discussion.
It was noted at the discussion that the World Health Organisation (WHO) stated in unequivocal terms that Quinacrine should not be used for sterilisation of women as questions of its safety still remained unresolved.
The statement also demanded that the programme of sterilising women with Quinacrine be stopped immediately.
Prof Shree Mulay. gave a brief history of the emergence of anti-malarial drug Quinacrine as a chemical sterilisation method and focused on its clinical trials carried out in Bangladesh. India and other countries, mostly developing nations.
The discussion was participated by. among others. Farida Akhter. Nasreen Huq, Gena Corea. Dr Anwar Hossain and Prof Latifa Akhand.
Later, a documentary. — The Human Laboratory — based on
the trials of Norplant and Quinacrine was shown.