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For Hormone Treatment, Trans Nepalis Head to India — No Doctor Required
The desire to transition often outweighs the severe risks of self-medicating.
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Civil Liberties
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In Argentina, Access to Water, Electricity Defunded for Low-Income Areas
A government program promised basic services to more than 850,000 people in low-income neighborhoods, but funding to do it is a casualty of new austerity measures. Advocates of the projects say austerity could undo decades of work to bring running water, electricity and other services to the country’s neediest neighborhoods.
Environment
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Residents Lose Homes as Kathmandu Cleans Up River
With eviction looming — again — all they want is what Nepal’s constitution says they are due: a place to call home.
Global Health
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Serious Consequences as Private Medical Labs Skirt Regulations in DRC
Between 2020 and 2023, more than 60% of patients tested at private laboratories in DRC’s Tshopo province were misdiagnosed.