History of ACHF

Alberta Health and Wellness (AHW)

Starting in 1987, HIV Community Care and Support for the Prevention & Control of HIV provided community grants to support:

• HIV prevention programming
• Provincial HIV Clinics
• Surveillance and research
• HIV/AIDS related treatment, care & prevention in Alberta
  

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) (formerly Health Canada)

Starting in 1989, AIDS Community Action Program (ACAP)

• Funding available to all regions across Canada
• Support to the local, provincial and territorial community-based response to the existing and emerging issues associated with HIV/AIDS

In 2001, AHW and PHAC pooled funds to create the Alberta Community HIV Fund (ACHF) under the stewardship of the Alberta Community Council on HIV.