Transgender people

Transgender women are around 49 times more likely to be living with HIV than other adults of reproductive age with an estimated worldwide HIV prevalence of 19%; in some countries the HIV prevalence rate in transgender women is 80 times that of the general adult population. Little data is available for transgender men or other transgender populations.
Transgender people have low rates of access to health and HIV services due a range of issues including violence, legal barriers, stigma and discrimination.
WHO works with international and country partners to address the varied health needs of transgender people, including HIV prevention, diagnosis and treatment while also supporting partners to address structural barriers which impact on service access by transgender people.
Latest updates
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UNAIDS calls on countries to remove discriminatory laws and enact laws that protect people from discrimination
17 May 2019 -
Focus on key populations in national HIV strategic plans in the WHO African Region
September 2018 -
Opening Speech at AIDS 2018
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization - July 2018 -
Global partners call for new strategies to end HIV among key populations
High-level leadership meeting
12-13 February 2018 | New Delhi, India -
Transgender people and HIV in Armenian, Belarussian and Georgian
January 2018 -
Ensuring an inclusive global health agenda for transgender people
Bulletin of the World Health Organization - January 2017
Technical documents and guidelines
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Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations
2016 update - September 2017 -
Biobehavioural survey guidelines for populations at risk for HIV
September 2017 -
Key considerations for differentiated antiretroviral therapy delivery for specific populations
July 2017 -
Serving the needs of key populations: case examples of innovation and good practice in HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care
July 2017 -
Implementing comprehensive HIV and STI programmes with transgender people
2016 -
Transgender people and HIV
Policy brief - 2015