To enable transgender people gain access to Covid-19 treatment and vaccines, there needs to be a fundamental shift in how health care systems view them, Shaikh, associate professor of community medicine at Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research; and Raghuram, project coordinator, Sangath, write
The lack of data to track the progress of vaccinating transgender individuals has not been taken as a serious issue by the government
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(This story appears in the 14 January, 2022 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)