What is meant by gender-affirming health care in Colombia?

It is comprehensive health care that recognises the gender identity of each person and seeks to guarantee their physical and mental wellbeing, with dignified treatment, bodily autonomy, confidentiality and absence of discrimination. It includes the care that a person may require, according to their situation and decision, to live their gender with greater well-being, without the system turning the procedures into barriers or imposing humiliating treatment (External Circular 2024150000000011-5 of 2024 Superintendence of Health).