COCQ-Sida
Coalition of Quebec community organizations fighting AIDS.
About
The Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le sida brings together more than thirty community organizations working to end HIV/AIDS in Quebec. The COCQ-SIDA's mission is to bring together Quebec community organizations involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The COCQ-SIDA exercises its leadership to encourage, support, consolidate and promote autonomous community action in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Quebec.
To fulfill this mission, the COCQ-SIDA works in a number of fields:
1. Training, to strengthen the capacities of community workers from member organizations, people living with HIV and various professionals working particularly in the health field;
2. Rights, with an advocacy program aimed at ending injustices against people living with HIV and key populations, as well as VIH Info-Droits, a free and anonymous legal information service for people living with HIV;
3. Community-based research, to meet needs in the field and generate knowledge for advocacy, among other things;
4. Access to healthcare, with Le Cercle Orange, for people living with HIV without access to health insurance;
5. Commitment to the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets for 2030, with our Riposte communautaire québécoise au VIH/sida 2021-2025 and the Québec sans sida initiative;
6. Activism and advocacy.
7. Raising awareness among people living with HIV, key populations and the general public through various communication tools (leaflets, websites, social media, communication campaigns).
