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ACT Policy Briefs

Below are ACT’s policy briefs. These tackle a single issue and articulates ACT’s viewpoint around it. Policy briefs exist around issues that impacts and/or is related to the agency’s programs, services, strategic goals, mandate and/or mission.

April 2022 UPDATE: Some policy briefs are currently unavailable, we're sorry for any inconvenience. They'll be back up before you know it!

 

August 2017: Harm Reduction for People who Inject Drugs
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People who inject drugs are more vulnerable to acquiring hepatitis C and HIV. In Toronto, people who inject drugs have also been dying from overdoses at an increasing rate. Harm reduction distribution and establishing integrated supervised injection services are effective public health tools for reducing the spread of HIV and hepatitis C, and preventing unnecessary deaths from overdoses. For these reasons, ACT fully supports Toronto establishing comprehensive harm reduction services that protect people who inject drugs and affirms their right to healthcare services.

Read the full Policy Brief here

December 2016: Undetectable Viral Load
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A growing body of evidence demonstrates that people living with HIV who have a sustained undetectable viral load for six months or more have a negligible – meaning so insignificant, small, or unimportant as to not worth being considered – chance of passing on the virus during sex, regardless of whether condoms are used. This applies to all genders and methods of sexual transmission, including vaginal, front hole, anal and oral.

Given this breakthrough, ACT is confident in the use of effective HIV treatment as a reliable form of HIV prevention

Read the full Policy Brief here

Feedback or comments on where ACT stands? Get in touch with ACT’s Communications Coordinator at communications@actoronto.org.