Through a social justice lens ACCH supports community-based responses to HIV, Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections and Sexual Health via advocacy, harm reduction, education and health promotion.
Our Work
The Alberta Community Council on HIV is a non-profit, provincial member driven network of regionally based organizations. ACCH and its members have a collective responsibility to STBBI issues and its outcomes at the provincial and local level. Through a social justice lens ACCH supports community-based responses to HIV, Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections and Sexual Health via advocacy, harm reduction, education and health promotion
What does ACCH do?
The Alberta Community Council on HIV supports community based responses and provides provincial leadership through collective action and a unified voice. The ACCH provides capacity building opportunities, policy research, advocacy and coordination. ACCH takes the lead in the following areas in HIV and related issues
Undertaking initiatives that are provincial in scope and benefit from the collective voice
Providing leadership in identifying issues, policy input and research at provincial and federal levels
Identifying systemic barriers and developing initiatives to address them
Building relationships with provincial and federal leaders to elevate awareness and influence policy and resource allocation
Identifying ways at the provincial level in which people at risk and those living with HIV and related issues can achieve greater involvement, or more meaningful involvement, in decisions affecting their lives
Identifying ways at the provincial and federal level for the expansion of harm reduction services; including education, overdose prevention, reduction of the stigmas, safe consumption sites and access to quality healthcare.
Providing services that can benefit from provincial economies of scale.
Provides stewardship of funds for member organizations.
Mission
Collective action to promote health and wellness in communities affected by HIV, STBBIs, and related issues.
Vision
All people affected by HIV, other STBBIs, and related issues live in equitable and inclusive environments of health.
United Voices of HIV Alberta
Supporting the health, wellbeing, and voice of people most connected to the HIV response in Alberta.
We are a network of people living with HIV aiming to support other people living with HIV in Alberta and to work with associated community-based groups, organizations, and institutions. Through engagement, we want to better understand needs for health, policy, advocacy, stigma reduction, and programming.