Key facts
- Born
- 22 August 1918, Maharashtra
- Died
- 15 July 2004
- State of birth
- Maharashtra, Maharashtra
- Sector
- Medicine & health
- Profession
- Indian physician
- Gender
- Female
Biography
Banoo Jehangir Coyaji was an Indian physician and activist in family planning and population control. She was director of King Edward Memorial Hospital in Pune, and started programmes of community health workers in rural areas of Maharashtra, the third largest state in India. She became an advisor to the union government and an internationally recognised expert.
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Timeline
- 1918Born in Maharashtra
- 1993Awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award
- 2004Dies
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5