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HIV among trans women is at crisis levels.
Professor Elma de Vries, a family physician, and secretary of the Professional Association for Transgender Health, says gender-affirming healthcare is highly effective in improving health and wellbeing.
Two years ago, the HIV Clinician’s Association facilitated the first gender-affirming healthcare guidelines for South Africa.
Gender-affirming carePromoting and supporting gender-affirming healthcare guidelines is a sub-objective of the 2023-2028 National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB and STIs.
De Vries says all staff at key-populations-friendly facilities should undergo sensitisation training developed by the national health department.
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