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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
To say STD in Spanish, say "enfermedades de transmisión sexual." | To say STD in Spanish, say "enfermedades de transmisión sexual." | ||
There are no travel or residency restrictions tied to HIV status. This means that you can enter the country without a medical certificate, and you will not be required to take an HIV test to live or work in Bolivia. You can also import antiretroviral drugs.<ref>[http://www.hivtravel.org/Default.aspx?PageId=143&CountryId=30 BOLIVIA - REGULATIONS ON ENTRY, STAY AND RESIDENCE FOR PLHIV]</ref> In Bolivia, it is estimated that 0.3% of the population is HIV positive, according to data from 2015.<ref>[http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/bolivia UNAIDS: Bolivia]</ref> You can read an account of some of the challenges of living with HIV in Bolivia [https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2011/jun/08/bolivia-hiv-aids-ross-quiroga here]. | |||
Regarding HPV, according to the HPV Information Centre, "Current estimates indicate that every year 2029 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 845 die from the disease. Cervical cancer ranks as the 1st most frequent cancer among women in Bolivia and the 1st most frequent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age. Data is not yet available on the HPV burden in the general population of Bolivia. However, in South America, the region Bolivia belongs to, about 12.1% of women in the general population are estimated to harbour cervical HPV-16/18 infection at a given time, and 62.7% of invasive cervical cancers are attributed to HPVs 16 or 18."<ref>[http://www.hpvcentre.net/statistics/reports/BOL_FS.pdf Bolivia: Human Papillomavirus and Related Cancers, Fact Sheet 2016]</ref> | |||
===Testing Facilities=== | ===Testing Facilities=== | ||
* [http://www.clinicadelsur.com.bo/ Clinica Del Sur]: They have staff who speak Spanish, English, Dutch and Portuguese. They have a laboratory. Emergencies: 2784001- 2784002. Patient: 2784750 - 2784755. lnternational: (591-2) 278400. Fax: (591-2) - 2,784,753. | * [http://www.clinicadelsur.com.bo/ Clinica Del Sur]: They have staff who speak Spanish, English, Dutch and Portuguese. They have a laboratory. Emergencies: 2784001- 2784002. Patient: 2784750 - 2784755. lnternational: (591-2) 278400. Fax: (591-2) - 2,784,753. | ||
* [http://www.prosalud.org/ Clinica Pro Salud]: Has a laboratory and should be able to give tests. | |||
===Support=== | ===Support=== | ||
* [http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/bolivia UNAIDS Bolivia]: | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
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* If you have a yeast infection, you can ask the pharmacist for Fluconazole. | * If you have a yeast infection, you can ask the pharmacist for Fluconazole. | ||
* If you have a urinary tract infection (UTI), you can say "infecciones de las vías urinarias." | |||
* You can find the HPV vaccine in Bolivia. There is also a nationwide HPV vaccination pilot program in place.<ref>[http://www.hpvcentre.net/statistics/reports/BOL_FS.pdf Bolivia: Human Papillomavirus and Related Cancers, Fact Sheet 2016]</ref> | |||
* There is currently no PrEP program in place in Bolivia, as of January 2017.<ref>[http://www.prepwatch.org/ PrEPWatch: World Map]</ref> | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||