Health | OTD Chile

How is medical attention for transgender persons in Chile?

by Equipo OTD | Jan 28, 2019 | Depathologization, Health

Five doctors that, for different reasons have approached to the transgender theme, share their experiences about how is and how should be the access to health of transgender persons. Some support the total despathologization of identities, others for having...

OTD Chile and Recoleta join for the sale of hormonal therapy in Popular Pharmacy

by Equipo OTD | Jan 23, 2019 | Health, Public Politics

OTD Chile and the Municipality of Recoleta signed a collaboration agreement for the sale of hormonal therapy for transgender people Popular Pharmacy. Recoleta is the second commune that joins this initiative, after last May Quilicura formalized the benefit to its...

ICD removed transsexuality from mental disorders, but not the pathologizing

by Equipo OTD | Jan 11, 2019 | Depathologization, Health, International

The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is a tool created by the World Health Organization (WHO) in order to do transversal reports on how health systems work. It has been useful to compare and see where resources are...

Being trans person is no longer a mental disorder: the ICD-11 has been published

by Equipo OTD | Dec 6, 2018 | Depathologization, Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced the end of the CIE-11 and published online the original version. The link will be shared in the next hour, once the embargo is finished. The announcement does not mark the end of the process of the ICD-11, but the...

OTD Chile promotes sale of hormonal therapy for trans people in Farmacia Solidaria of Quilicura county

by Equipo OTD | Jun 5, 2018 | Health, Public Politics

On the day against transphobia, homophobia and biphobia, the Municipality of Quilicura officially started the sale of hormone therapy drugs for trans people in the county. The initiative arose after a coordinated work between the Sexual and Gender Diversity Office of...

Hospital Sótero del Río replaces category “Gender Dysphoria” with “Trans Person”

by Equipo OTD | May 24, 2018 | Depathologization, Health

Thanks to the Gender Identity program of Sótero del Río Hospital, officially launched last January and where approximately 160 trans people are treated today, the health establishment included in its computer system the category “trans person”, leaving...