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. 2016 Jul 23;388(10042):318-321.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30653-5. Epub 2016 Jun 17.

Synergies in health and human rights: a call to action to improve transgender health

Sam Winter  1 , Edmund Settle  2 , Kevan Wylie  3 , Sari Reisner  4 , Mauro Cabral  5 , Gail Knudson  6 , Stefan Baral  7
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Synergies in health and human rights: a call to action to improve transgender health

Sam Winter et al. Lancet. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests. SW and GK are members of the Board of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). GK is WPATH President-Elect. KW was previously on the Board of WPATH. SW, GK, and KW were all among the coauthors for the WPATH Standards of Care Version 7. SW was a member of the WHO Working Group on Sexual Disorders and Sexual Health. SW and MC were members of the GATE Civil Society Experts Group. MC is a Co-Director of GATE.

Comment in

  • Transgender health in India and Pakistan.
    Ming LC, Hadi MA, Khan TM. Ming LC, et al. Lancet. 2016 Nov 26;388(10060):2601-2602. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32222-X. Lancet. 2016. PMID: 27894657 No abstract available.

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