Grant: Project Grant

This project aims to understand how gender may affect efforts to eliminate HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs. We will combine literature reviews, epidemiological analyses, and mathematical modelling to generate new knowledge on gender differences among people who inject drugs, and to determine if these differences mean that gender-specific interventions are needed to ensure equitable HIV and hepatitis C elimination. The findings of this research will inform the design of more effective and efficient HCV and HIV elimination strategies. In an era of extreme uncertainty for global health funding, this project's focus on gender and HIV/hepatitis C in a stigmatized and marginalized population will enhance Canada's leadership in this space.