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During last years long-acting HIV medication has become available. In the picture there is an injection needle and medication bottle.
12.4.2023

Injectable long-acting HIV treatment 

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...
Kaksi miestä suutelee.
6.4.2023

Results from the Tracy project survey

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 woman blowing soap bubbles.
8.3.2023

Women are underrepresented in clinical HIV research

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 ...
Two men close to each other.
25.1.2023

Research: PrEP increases sexual pleasure and closeness 

This text is a summary based on an article "PrEP increases sexual pleasure, intimacy, and closeness" by Andy Carstens, published on 11.3.2022 on the British AIDSMAP website by NAM.  ...
16.1.2023

We are looking for new Health Buddies!

Are you Hivpoint’s new Health Buddy?  The Health Buddy program aims to find motivated and enthusiastic people to spread knowledge about sexual health, including HIV and sexually tr...
two people next to each other
11.1.2023

Health Buddy program 2022: “The sense of giving back to community is the best feeling!”

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 right...
20.12.2022

Hivpoint´s services are closed over the Christmas and New Year´s holidays

Hivpoint rapid HIV testing and counselling services will be closed during Christmas break from 22nd of December 2022 After a Christmas break: Our counselling services will be ope...
Hand on someone´s shoulder
9.12.2022

Friends Don´t Let Friends Skip HIV Test

The writer of this blog post is Hivpoint´s Health Buddy 2022. The Health Buddies are Hivpoint´s advocates who spread knowledge about sexual health, including HIV and sexually transmitte...
Kuvassa on kaksi ihmistä. Toinen ojentaa toiselle paperista esitettä.
30.11.2022

Everyone is entitled to information about HIV in their own language

Organisations fighting against HIV emphasise that information about HIV and sexual health must be made available in a language understood by the person needing this information. The Fin...
25.11.2022

The appointments for second dose of monkeypox vaccination are available for booking on the 28th of November.

Vaccinations for the second dose of the monkeypox vaccination will be by appointment at Hivpoint and Jätkäsaari vaccination point 5.12–22.12. Appointments will be available for booking ...
A person sits on the sofa and reads a book called Still straight.
18.11.2022

And other men who have sex with men 

Throughout my career at Hivpoint, I have done sexual health work targeted at men who have sex with men. When I came to work at Hivpoint 15 years ago (at the time AIDS Council), I learne...
Ammattilainen tekee hiv-testiä asiakkaalle.
7.11.2022

“Let´s have the knowledge and not fear!”

The writer of this blog post is Hivpoint´s Health Buddy 2022. The Health Buddies are Hivpoint´s advocates who spread knowledge about sexual health, including HIV and sexually transmitte...