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29.9.2020

Introducing Hivpoint’s multicultural workes!

Meet Hivpoint´s multicultural workers Batulo and Niina! They are both health care professionals and sexuality counsellors and have been working at Hivpoint for years. What does Batulo t...

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14.9.2020

Introducing our services: adaptation training courses

Adaptation training courses are offered to people living with HIV and their families. The courses are meant for those who have been living with HIV for a long time and also for those wh...

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8.8.2020

Introducing our services: peer support group for children and youth

Hivpoint organizes group meetings for children and youth living with HIV. The peer support groups aim to provide empowering and professional support for children and youth living with a...

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6.8.2020

Health buddy program 2020 has started!

For the second year, Hivpoint is continuing its Health Buddy Program directed towardthe immigrants and refugees who came to Finland lately and didn’t have the chance to study thesexual ...

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13.7.2020

Hiv and pregnancy

People living with HIV have the same dreams and wishes about life like the anyone else. One of the biggest dreams for many is to get an own family. One of the most common questions is c...

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26.6.2020

Tom doesn’t worry about what others think about his sex life

Tom Hurd has been an advocate for better sexual health and sex positivity for many years now. He refused to accept that sexual health was something people look at shamefully, and so he ...

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26.6.2020

Risto makes the invisible visible

” When I talk about HIV and ageing I’m creating a safer future for myself and others.” Risto is a 70-year-old active pensioner. Risto is also an HIV positive gay man who has done and...

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25.6.2020

Havu makes space for diverse young voices and faces

Despite their young age, Havu Härmä has already made a big impact. When Havu started speaking out about their life on social media, they did not see it as activism, but as a way to alle...

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24.6.2020

Fahady promotes sexual health, sexual rights and equality

Ahmed Fahady is one of the health buddies who work for Hivpoint, the Finnish HIV Foundation. Fahady has been active as a health buddy since 2019. Advocating sexual health is a matter of...

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23.6.2020

Prep became available in Finland with help from a role model

Sami Tuunainen works as a Sexual counselor at Hivpoint and is coordinator for the Checkpoint Express STI clinic project. Sami has been an active advocate for making PrEP accessible, ava...

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22.6.2020

Proud role models advocating for better sexual health

Meet all of our Proud Role Models here: Sami , Fahady, Havu, Tom and Risto During the traditional Helsinki Pride week Hivpoint’s “Proud Role Model”...

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20.6.2020

World Refugee Day 20.6.

What does the World Refugee Day mean? World refugee day is an event which is usually held every year on 20 June in order to raise awareness about the issues and circumstances which r...

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