GGC_Policy-report THE RAMALINGASWAMI CENTRE ON EQUITY AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA, BENGALURU MEETING THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY Gender Guidance Clinics of Tamil Nadu, India Health care for LGBTQIA+ in India has largely been restricted to HIV/AIDS prevention and control, whether in the private or public health sector. [...] Source: Research Team University of the Western Cape School of Public Health What was our study about, where was it done and how? The Public Health Foundation of India’s Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health (RCESDH), Bengaluru conducted research to systematically examine and document the GGCs given their degree of Government ownership and for being unique in addressing. [...] Pg 2 What were the key findings of the study? We found that several legal and policy changes within the country, such as the NALSA judgement (2014) and the Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Act (2019), as well as landmark judgements by the Madras High Court, reaffirmed the human rights of the transgender community. [...] Some of the key mechanisms that supported the initiative were: (i) a proactive LGBTQIA+ community that leveraged bureaucratic and judicial systems to lobby for access to appropriate healthcare; (ii) the emergence of champions within the Health administration who drove the initiative forward, providing leadership and establishing the evidence-base; and (iii) effective leveraging of the existing Tra. [...] Some of the strategies that contributed to their success and speak more widely to all gender integrative strategies include: Complete Government ownership, with strong champions among the political leadership and health bureaucracy; Sensitization and training of healthcare providers to acknowledge the health needs and rights of transgender individuals and provide respectful care; Designing healthc.
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