Thank you again for such a great question. I'm going to speak from a research lens, and I'll invite my colleagues to speak from a policy and service delivery lens.
From a research perspective, I think we obviously have seen a complete transformation over the last 30 to 40 years in what HIV/AIDS looks like for people living in Canada. The research base, the scientific contribution to that change, has been, I would say, nothing short of remarkable.
I absolutely agree with you. I think that in HIV we do see desperate disparities in terms of what it means to be a person living with HIV today or a person at risk of acquiring HIV today. Certainly, we've seen some remarkable progress for gay men, particularly those in urban settings, whereas we have seen much less progress and some really concerning trends for women and transgender individuals, especially those in the prairie provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
In terms of meeting our targets, we certainly have not met those targets uniformly. We have some communities and populations across Canada who have exceeded the targets set by the federal government and by the community organizations themselves. Certainly, we do continue to see gender-related gaps in terms of achieving those targets.
I'm very happy to say that one of the national women's health research initiative hubs that were funded earlier this year is focused specifically on improving access to care and treatment prevention services for women and gender-diverse people living with and affected by HIV. In mobilizing that research evidence base, we are very hopeful, again, to see that help minimize the gaps we are currently seeing today.