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Breaking down barriers to healthcare access for transgender people in Argentina

Nadir Cardozo proudly displays her ID card. Nadir is a transgender woman, and since Argentina passed the Gender Identity Law in 2012, she and others have had the right to have their personal documents issued with the name and gender of their choice. This measure has enabled many women like Nadir, who once shied away from visiting a health center for fear of ridicule and discrimination, to do so and take care of her health.

How Uruguay reduced infant mortality to a historic low

A mother gazes at her daughter in the incubator, talks to her, caresses her hands. She says the baby girl “gets crazy” when it’s time to hold her in her arms. The baby is premature, born before 39 weeks, but she is receiving the care she needs at the Newborn Services ward at the Pereira Rossell Hospital Center in Montevideo, Uruguay.