My name is Laura, and I had the pleasure to be part of the Health Buddy Program 2021. Even considering the difficulties due to the pandemic, I have only ended up with a feeling of rewar...
Taking HIV treatment keeps a person living with HIV healthy, and the person with undetectable viral load can’t pass HIV on through sex. At the beginning of the campaign Prevent - Tes...
The goal of the Health Buddy program is to raise awareness of HIV and sexual health in communities that we, here at Hivpoint, are not currently reaching. Sexuality and sexual rights are...
Hivpoint conducted the survey in June 2021 on men who have sex with men. The survey tested knowledge related to testing for sexually transmitted infections. Not everyone is well enou...
The Funding Centre for Social Welfare and Health Organisations (STEA) has significantly cut funding for Hivpoint. As a result of the funding cuts, the number of Hivpoint’s employees are...
Hivpoint rapid HIV testing and counselling services will be closed during Christmas break from 23rd of December 2021 After a Christmas break we are open as normal: Our counsellin...
The awareness of the preventive medication for HIV called PrEP has grown rapidly since The Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) published a recommendation on the use of PrEP in...
The theme of World AIDS Day 2021 in Finland is “Know the facts about HIV”. It is 40 years since the HIV epidemic began and 25 years has the effective medication been available, but prej...
Why should I get tested for HIV? Testing is the only way to know your HIV status. Getting tested is also easy and fast. The idea of getting tested...
Sexuality and sexual rights are sensitive topics and hard to discuss openly. Health Buddies as Hivpoint´s sexual health advocates have a great opportunity to share knowledge for exampl...
Since October, Hivpoint offers rapid HIV testing two days a week. The new Checkpoint service has easy access to walk-in HIV testing. Checkpoint combines two separate testing services pr...
What kind of support is important for an HIV positive person and their spouse? And what do they wish people to know about HIV? We interviewed one couple from our peer support group and ...