We are thrilled to announce a transformative project that’s set to make waves in our immigrant communities! "Healthy Horizons," is a project that provides information and skills for im...
The writer of this blog post is Hivpoint´s Health Buddy 2023. The Health Buddies are Hivpoint´s advocates who spread knowledge about sexual health, including HIV and sexually transmitte...
World Sexual Health Day is celebrated on 4th September. The theme of the day in 2023 is consent! Everyone has the right to physical integrity and sexual integrity. Everyone has the righ...
Hivpoint’s rapid HIV testing service is closed until further notice. The funding of Hivpoint’s testing services has been negotiated with the City of Helsinki and other counties in Uu...
In autumn 2022, Hivpoint carried out a survey to find out how access to HIV and other STI (sexually transmitted infections) tests is implemented at public health stations. Hivpoint's vo...
Hivpoint's chat and phone counselling services are closed between 30.6.–31.7. Counselling chat is open again on Tuesday 1.8. at 12.30–15.00. HIV rapid testing is closed between 30.6....
The number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is rising. In 2022, a record number of gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV infections were diagnosed. The prevention, testing and treatment ...
Gonorrhea and syphilis infections are on the rise. In Finland, 500–600 gonorrhea infections are usually diagnosed annually, but last year (2022) nearly 1000 cases were detected. Thus, g...
Based on the results of surveys conducted in Hivpoint's Prevent– Test– Treat – Enjoy campaign in 2021 and 2022, some of the basics related to prep were well known: prep, when used corre...
HIV medication is called antiretroviral therapy or ART. It’s highly effective and keeps people living with HIV healthy and prevents HIV from transmitting. Usually, drug treatment of HIV...
In 2021, Hivpoint's Tracy development project conducted a survey for men who have sex with men. The survey examined how the tracing of STIs works in Finland and how the respondents woul...
A study led by Shuang Zhou, published this year (study not easily available, news of the study by Aidsmap is found here), found that cisgender women (those who identify with the gender ...
