Alberta Community Council on HIV

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

Imagine is a film produced by the Alberta Community on HIV (ACCH) in conjunction with the Positive Voices Caucus (PVC). These are the personal stories of Gerry, Marlo, Devon, Chris, Monica, Kim, Harry and Julio. The Positive Voices Caucus (PVC), sponsored by the Alberta Community Council on HIV (ACCH), is a network for and by Albertans living with HIV/AIDS. As an official caucus within the ACCH, the PVC aims to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS in Alberta have equitable opportunity to experience positive health and wellbeing and to live lives free from stigma. Its mission is fulfilled in three ways: by building capacity within people living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) in Alberta; by providing a representative voice for PHAs across Alberta to advocate on their behalf and shape the work of the ACCH, its member organizations, and other relevant stakeholders; and through ensuring that Albertans have accurate and up-to-date information about HIV/AIDS to both prevent new HIV infections and end HIV/AIDS stigma. For more information on the Positive Voices Caucus please visit www.positivevoices.ca. To connect with the Alberta Community Council on HIV please visit www.acch.ca.

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.