HIV Information and Testing
Free HIV Testing
We provide free rapid HIV testing at the Sexual Health Centre, Tuesday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. The test involves a simple finger prick, with results available in one minute. View this test in action below. For more information on our testing dates, click here.
Treatment for HIV
Support for People Living with HIV
The Sexual Health Centre offers mentoring programme and free 1:1 consultations with an accredited counsellor, that are available for you, your partner or your family.
Contact our Senior Health Promotion Officer Phil on philcorcoran@sexualhealthcentre.com or 021 427 5837, or click the button below for more information.
Starting antiretroviral treatment as soon as possible, and sustaining it as part of your everyday routine, is the best way of ensuring that your immune system stays strong. PrEP is a daily dose of medication which reduces the risk of getting HIV. PEP is a course of antiretroviral medication which can prevent HIV infection after a potential exposure to HIV. PEP needs to be started within 72 hours of a potential exposure to HIV.
What is HIV?
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that damages the cells in your immune system and weakens your ability to fight everyday infections and disease.
AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the name used to describe a number of potentially life-threatening infections and illnesses that happen when your immune system has been severely damaged by the HIV virus.
While AIDS can’t be transmitted from one person to another, the HIV virus can.
What does ‘U=U’ mean?
U=U means that if you have HIV, are on effective treatment, and your viral load is undetectable you won’t pass along HIV to a sexual partner.
The Sexual Health Centre aims to raise public awareness for the U=U (Undetectable=Untransmittable) message which highlights this fact.