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Recommendations To International Donors: 1. Fund HIV and health services targeting the needs of transgender people. On the basis of concrete evidence and experience, including the guidelines formulated by the World Health Organization, the Global Fund and UN organs, support a national AIDS strategy that includes transgender people, including the development of a supportive legal environment. 2. Fund community based organizations in their efforts to provide health, legal and other services to transgender people. 3. Fund the collection and analysis of data on the human rights and health situation of transgender persons, including the discrimination and intolerance they encounter, with due regard to the right to privacy of the persons concerned. 4. Support training to health service professionals, including psychologists, psychiatrists and general practitioners, as well as social workers, with regard to the specific needs and rights of transgender persons and the requirement to respect their dignity. 67