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Sexual health screening

If you’re sexually active it is important to have regular tests for sexually transmitted infections. These tests are available free of charge from specialist sexual health or genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics.

Your doctor will talk to you about your sexual activity and looking after your sexual health at your routine HIV clinic visits. You should be offered a full sexual health screen every year, or more often if you may be at higher risk of sexually transmitted infections. Your routine monitoring may also include regular blood tests for syphilis.

See NAM’s booklet HIV & sex for more information on sexual health check-ups and common sexually transmitted infections and their treatment. You can find out where your nearest sexual health clinic is on NAM’s website at www.aidsmap.com/e-atlas.

 

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Published February 2017

Last reviewed February 2017

Next review February 2020

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This content was checked for accuracy at the time it was written. It may have been superseded by more recent developments. NAM recommends checking whether this is the most current information when making decisions that may affect your health.
Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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This content was checked for accuracy at the time it was written. It may have been superseded by more recent developments. NAM recommends checking whether this is the most current information when making decisions that may affect your health.

NAM’s information is intended to support, rather than replace, consultation with a healthcare professional. Talk to your doctor or another member of your healthcare team for advice tailored to your situation.