The population most affected by HIV has changed in recent years, and public health messaging may not be reaching the appropriate audience.
HIV infections are a growing problem in Canada , according to recent data. In November, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported an alarmingAlthough COVID and the halt of services during the pandemic may still be having residual effects, Julio Montaner, MD, executive director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , in HIV /AIDS, toldthat the global community, and especially Canada , has moved on to other challenges.
Messaging that misses the vulnerable population may not be the only problem in Canada’s emerging HIV crisis. The way that funding for HIV/AIDS is grouped with funding for other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections is inappropriate, said Miller. He contended that without funding that is specifically allocated to community-based advocacy, HIV advocacy groups won’t be able to hold the government to its promises or fill the gaps in messaging and access.
She said that sexually transmitted HIV is on the rise, and the key at-risk populations for HIV and STBBI are the same . “We’re not dividing the money; we are making more efficient use of money because the delivery programs, underlying research, and the drivers are the same for HIV and other STIs,” she said. “By combining all of that, we are actually delivering better care, better prevention, better surveillance, and better therapeutics.
Kaushic said that the Canadian Institutes of Health Research will be meeting to assess how well they are doing and discuss priorities for addressing HIV. The group uses the same process for other STIs, too. “This knowledge mobilization exchange is embedded into our processes,” said Kaushic., the Saskatchewan Ministry of Public Health said that its “2024-2025 budget includes an increase of $1.5 million to improve provincial testing capacity and expand testing for all STBBIs, including HIV.
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