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===Testing Facilities=== | ===Testing Facilities=== | ||
* In Bulgaria, you can receive an HIV test and other STI tests at a variety of places, such as VCT (i.e. voluntary counseling and treatment) centers, mobile testing facilities, health education centers, public clinics and hospitals, and private clinics and hospitals.<ref>[https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/documents/HIV%20STI%20and%20viral%20hepatitis%20Bulgaria%20Sep%20and%20nov%202016.pdf | |||
===Support=== | ===Support=== | ||
* Note on HIV treatment: You can receive ART for HIV treatment at five hospitals that receive funding from the Ministry of Health, though costs can be high.<ref>[https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/documents/HIV%20STI%20and%20viral%20hepatitis%20Bulgaria%20Sep%20and%20nov%202016.pdf Techical missions: HIV, STI and | |||
viral hepatitis in Bulgaria]</ref> | |||
* Ministry of Health - Expert Council on HIV/AIDS: Address: Ministry of Health, 26, Yanko Sakazov blvd., 1504 Sofia. Telephone: +359 2 9301 152. Fax: +359 2 981 57 25. Email: press@mh.government.bg | |||
* ANTI-AIDS Coalition: Address: Akad. Ivan Evstatiev Geshov Blvd 15, 1431 Sofia. Telephone: +359 2 954 96 72. Email: anina@ncphp.government.bg | * ANTI-AIDS Coalition: Address: Akad. Ivan Evstatiev Geshov Blvd 15, 1431 Sofia. Telephone: +359 2 954 96 72. Email: anina@ncphp.government.bg | ||
* [http://www.ncn-bg.org/ National Centre for Addictions]: Address: 117, Pirotska str, 1303 Sofia. Telephone: +359 2 831 90 15. Email: ncn@ncn-bg.org | * [http://www.ncn-bg.org/ National Centre for Addictions]: Address: 117, Pirotska str, 1303 Sofia. Telephone: +359 2 831 90 15. Email: ncn@ncn-bg.org | ||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
* HIV tests can be free or you can pay money, depending on various factors. Generally, if you go to the Regional Health Inspectorates in district cities or to | * HIV tests can be free or you can pay money, depending on various factors. Generally, if you go to the Regional Health Inspectorates, which can be found in district cities, or to mobile testing sites, which are often set up by NGOs, you can get a free HIV test (but you may need to be a Bulgarian citizen or legal resident to receive free services).<ref>[http://legalbarriers.peoplewithhiveurope.org/country/bulgaria Barring the Way to Health: Bulgaria]</ref> However, if you go to a private clinic or hospital, you will need to pay for the test and laboratory results. | ||
* Regarding treatment costs for hepatitis and other STIs: Health insurance in Bulgaria is supposed to cover the treatment, but this may not always be the case. For this reason, it appears that some people purchase antibiotics to treat STIs over-the-counter at pharmacies in Bulgaria.<ref>[https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/documents/HIV%20STI%20and%20viral%20hepatitis%20Bulgaria%20Sep%20and%20nov%202016.pdf Techical missions: HIV, STI and | |||
viral hepatitis in Bulgaria]</ref> | |||
==Medications & Vaccines== | ==Medications & Vaccines== | ||