At the first meeting of the 12th term of Hong Kong Advisory Council on AIDS (ACA) on 27 October 2023, it was agreed that the Community Forum on AIDS (CFA) would continue to operate to provide a platform whereby the view and expertise of organisations and individuals involved in HIV/AIDS advocacy, education and services can be directly shared and collected, to support strategy formulation at the ACA level.
CFA comprises members drawn from 5 different areas including agencies specialising in HIV prevention and care; mainstream NGOs whose profile of activities that could incorporate HIV/AIDS; representatives of vulnerable communities to HIV/AIDS; individuals with expertise in related fields, and ACA members.
ACA appointed Mr. Edmond TONG to be the Convener of the forum.
The Special Preventive Programme (SPP), Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health is the de facto secretariat of the CFA in rendering technical and administrative support.