The Finnish AIDS Council advises on any questions relating to HIV, AIDS, and safer sex.

Information

The Finnish AIDS Council's national information line +358 207 465 705 is at your service from Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. - 3.30 p.m. The employees of the Finnish AIDS Council answer your phone calls. Call this number when you want more information about HIV or you need support, guidance and counseling. You can discuss infection risks, fears, etc., with an AIDS Council employee, confidentially and openly. At this number you can also make an appointment for an anonymous, free-of-charge HIV antibody test. Tests are available at Helsinki and Ouluoffices.

The AIDS Council's Finnish website includes the Nettineuvonta (online advice) forum, where AIDS Council employees answer questions about HIV and AIDS.

Appointment to the HIV test

Please call the Finnish AIDS Council at +358 207 465 705 Mon-Fri between 10 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. to make an appointment to an anonymous, free-of-charge HIV antibody test at the Finnish AIDS Council locations: Helsinki or Oulu. The fingertip test is a rapid test, with the result available in 15 minutes. Though the test is 'rapid' at providing results, it is still an antibody test, so it should not be taken sooner than at least three months after the possible transmission.

In connection with having the test, you can discuss any HIV- and AIDS-related questions that concern you, like the fear of infection and how to protect yourself. If the client is diagnosed with HIV, support and counseling are available at the Finnish AIDS Council.

Remember to practice safe sex while you are waiting to be tested.

Where can I have an HIV test

HIV antibody tests by appointment at the Finnish AIDS Council: Please call the Finnish AIDS Council at +358 207 465 705 Mon-Fri between 10 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. to make an appointment for the test.

The Finnish AIDS Council's locations and testing hours:

  

HELSINKI (Unioninkatu 45 K):

• Normally on Tuesdays and Thursdays  (tests only by appointment)

  

OULU (Isokatu 45 A 14)

• Approxemately one day every other week (tests only by appointment)

TESTING WITHOUT APPOINTMENT FOR FOREIGNERS

 

• 12.4.2010 from 12 a.m. - 18 p.m.
• in Finnish Aids Council: Torkkelinkatu 3, 00500 HELSINKI and Isokatu 45 A 14, 90100 OULU.

• No time- booking.
• The test can be taken three months after the possible transmission
• HIV-test result is ready in 15 minutes.

 

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HIV tests are also available at:

• Health centers (free of charge)
• Sexually transmitted disease clinics (free of charge)
• Student health care (free of charge)
• Finnish Red Cross AIDS Program Pluspiste (free of charge and anonymous)
• Private clinics.