India’s National Medical Commission has introduced an undergraduate curriculum that does not include protections for transgender individuals and people with disabilities.
The National Medical Commission on Aug. 31 released the Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) Curriculum 2024, scheduled for implementation in the 2024-2025 academic year.
The curriculum sparked controversy by introducing “sodomy and lesbianism” as unnatural sexual offenses in undergraduate programs, prompting two international organizations to threaten to seek the suspension of the National Medical Commission over the issue.
The International Council for Disability Inclusion in Medical Education and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) have called for global authorities to temporarily suspend the National Medical Commission’s recognition by global authorities.