There is a lot to do, and we don't have all the data yet to determine what needs to be done because we lack research. It's not unique to the military. There's a lack of research about women's health in society overall. Most of the research in medicine has been designed for male populations, and, obviously, it's not always possible to extrapolate the impact to women. We have a great example of that with cardiac disease. It's definitely not designed for women.
We need to start there. We need to have a better database to monitor research. We are partnering with many organizations in order to do that research, including the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research. Forty-three Canadian universities that are part of that group are helping us to figure out what needs to be done from a research perspective. That will subsequently inform prevention, what we need to do for prevention to reduce injuries and reduce illness for our military women, but also what we need to do better from a care perspective.
We're following the Canadian guidelines for treatment of women, so I think we're aligned from that perspective, but what is unique to uniformed women, we don't know that for sure. We have a bit of research from international partners on that, and we're trying to import, I guess, the expertise that is out there, but there is definitely more to do in order to better inform the progress.
Our women's health program is just starting. It started last year. We're now staffing a team. We're hiring people. Then, subsequently, we're going to start investing more in research and health care and then, hopefully, improve health outcomes for military women.