Gynopedia needs your support! Please consider contributing content, translating a page, or making a donation today. With your support, we can sustain and expand the website. Gynopedia has no corporate sponsors or advertisers. Your support is crucial and deeply appreciated.

Taipei: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
1,518 bytes added ,  7 years ago
no edit summary
No edit summary
Line 12: Line 12:


===Laws & Social Stigmas===
===Laws & Social Stigmas===
In Taiwan, you can obtain birth control without a prescription.


===What to Get & Where to Get It===
===What to Get & Where to Get It===
* You can go to a pharmacy and get birth control without a prescription. Some brands you can expect to see are Duoluton, Neovlar, Nordiol, Primovlar, Minigynon 30, Nordette and Loette.


===Costs===
===Costs===
Line 24: Line 28:


===What to Get & Where to Get It===
===What to Get & Where to Get It===
'''Note:''' The longest-lasting EC is currently [http://www.ellaone.com/ ellaOne]. It lasts up to 5 days (120 hours) after unprotected sex. Check to see if your country carries ellaOne. If your country doesn't carry ellaOne, copper IUDs may also prevent pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sex. If none of these options are available, and it's been over 3 days since you had unprotected sex, you can still take EC, which may work up to 5 days. Note that EC pills are not 100% effective and should be taken as soon as possible.


===Costs===
===Costs===
Line 34: Line 36:


===Laws & Social Stigmas===
===Laws & Social Stigmas===
There are residency restrictions for individuals who have HIV. However, the Taiwanese government is working on potentially removing these restrictions in the future. For this reason, you may want to check the [http://www.hivtravel.org/Default.aspx?PageId=143&CountryId=175 HIV Travel page on Taiwan] in the future to confirm. However, as of January 2017, here are the restrictions: If you are HIV positive, you can visit Taiwan as a tourist without restrictions (no HIV test required). While you may technically not be allowed into the country, they have no way to test or prove your HIV status. However, if you want to stay longer than 90 days, or if you want to become a legal resident or worker, you must take an HIV test. If you are found to be HIV positive or if you refuse to take the test, you will be expelled from the country. If you already have a Taiwanese residency permit and you're found to be HIV positive, you may lose your residency permit. If you contracted HIV as a legal resident and from another Taiwanese resident, you can stay in Taiwan (but you must prove how you contracted it). According to HIVTravel, "There is an established appeals process, which allows foreigners who have been expelled from the country to appeal for re-entry. However, the appeals process is complicated and shrouded in secrecy (cf. pending case of Mr. & Mrs. Chang, http://archives.healthdev.net/pwha-net/msg00271.html)."


===What to Get & Where to Get It===
===What to Get & Where to Get It===


====Testing Facilities====
====Testing Facilities====
"Foreigners who wish to get tested in Taiwan are advised to get an anonymous test performed first. In the case of a positive test result, the government will not be notified and it should not be any problem to leave/re-enter Taiwan."
* STD Clinic Taipei: Anonymous tests with rapid response are possible without any problems. Address: 2F, 100 Kunming Street, Phone: +886 2 2370 3739.


====Support====
====Support====
Line 102: Line 110:


{{#seo:
{{#seo:
|title=Taipei - Gynopedia
|title=Gynopedia
|titlemode=append
|titlemode=append
|keywords=taipei, taiwan, contraception, emergency contraception, std test, sti test, treatment, medications, pharmacies, abortion, clinic, tampons, women's health
|keywords=taipei, taiwan, contraception, emergency contraception, std test, sti test, treatment, medications, pharmacies, abortion, clinic, tampons, women's health
|description=Find sexual, reproductive and women's health care in Taipei.
|description=Find sexual, reproductive and women's health care in Taipei.
}}
}}

Navigation menu