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'''Important Notes - Learn about PEP and PrEP:''' If you think that you've been recently exposed to HIV (i.e. within 72 hours), seek out PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis). It's a month-long treatment to prevent HIV infection after exposure, and it may be available in your city. Take PEP as soon as possible. For more information, click [https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/prevention/reduce-your-risk/post-exposure-prophylaxis/ here]. If you are at risk of HIV exposure, seek out PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis). It's a daily oral pill that can prevent HIV infection before exposure. To learn more about PrEP, click [http://www.whatisprep.org/ here]. | '''Important Notes - Learn about PEP and PrEP:''' If you think that you've been recently exposed to HIV (i.e. within 72 hours), seek out PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis). It's a month-long treatment to prevent HIV infection after exposure, and it may be available in your city. Take PEP as soon as possible. For more information, click [https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/prevention/reduce-your-risk/post-exposure-prophylaxis/ here]. If you are at risk of HIV exposure, seek out PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis). It's a daily oral pill that can prevent HIV infection before exposure. To learn more about PrEP, click [http://www.whatisprep.org/ here]. | ||
HIV self-administered test kits (home HIV test kits) are not sold in individual pharmacies although the kit was actually introduced in Australia in 2014 following the government lifting restrictions of self-testing, direct to consumer kits. But these kits have not yet been approved by the TgA (The Therapeutic Goods Administration which falls under the Department of Health in Australia). Hence, because they have not yet been regulated or approved by the TGA they are currently not legally allowed to be sold or exported. When it comes HIV testing in Australia, the choice is between Rapid HIV testing, which has TGA approval, but is limited to clinical situations and must be carried out by appropriately trained workers and laboratory based tests, which involve a medical blood draw and laboratory analysis of the sample. | |||
===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
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* You can get STI/STD tests from most doctors, family planning clinics or sexual healths clinics. Check out the city pages, such as [[Melbourne]] for specific sites. | * You can get STI/STD tests from most doctors, family planning clinics or sexual healths clinics. Check out the city pages, such as [[Melbourne]] for specific sites. | ||
* [http://www.checkyourrisk.org.au/ Check Your Risk] - This is NOT a replacement for an STI/STD test. But it is a resource, based out of Australia, that helps you assess your risk | |||
Drugs for PrEP (Preexposure prophylaxis) are available but these are extremely expensive and require a medical prescription. You can order the drug online as importation is permitted under the Personal Importation Scheme Rules set by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Only a three month supply for personal use is permitted. | |||
* [http://www.checkyourrisk.org.au/ Check Your Risk] - This is NOT a replacement for an STI/STD test. But it is a resource, based out of Australia, that helps you assess your risk | * [http://www.checkyourrisk.org.au/ Check Your Risk] - This is NOT a replacement for an STI/STD test. But it is a resource, based out of Australia, that helps you assess your risk | ||
There are companies, for example INSTI®, that provide rapid HIV screening testing kits online anywhere in Australia but, in the case of INSTI® the company is Canadian and based in Canada. Positive HIV screening results will require further testing by a laboratory/clinic which can actually diagnose the disease. | |||
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