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* If you want '''condoms''', they're easy to purchase at supermarkets, chemists/pharmacies, convenience stores and petrol stations. If you're looking for free condoms, check out Frontyard Youth Service, which is at 19 King Street (near Flinders Lane). Phone: 03 9611 2411 or Freecall: 1800 800 531. There's also [http://www.redaware.org.au/sexual-health-information/ Red Aware]: "If you live in Australia, you can receive a free safe sex kit with condoms tin, and awesome safe sex ... Would you like to sign up to receive a free RedAware safe sex kit?" | * If you want '''condoms''', they're easy to purchase at supermarkets, chemists/pharmacies, convenience stores and petrol stations. If you're looking for free condoms, check out Frontyard Youth Service, which is at 19 King Street (near Flinders Lane). Phone: 03 9611 2411 or Freecall: 1800 800 531. There's also [http://www.redaware.org.au/sexual-health-information/ Red Aware]: "If you live in Australia, you can receive a free safe sex kit with condoms tin, and awesome safe sex ... Would you like to sign up to receive a free RedAware safe sex kit?" | ||
* If you're interested in '''birth control pills''', you will need to consult with a physicians for a prescription. Once you have a prescription, you'll find a wide variety of birth control pills available in Australia with over 30 brands registered.<ref>[http://contraceptive.ippf.org/search?search.searchtext=&search.component=&search.countrycode=AU IPFF Australia]</ref> Here are some places where you can get a consultation: | * If you're interested in '''birth control pills''', you will need to consult with a physicians for a prescription. Once you have a prescription, you'll find a wide variety of birth control pills available in Australia with over 30 brands registered.<ref>[http://contraceptive.ippf.org/search?search.searchtext=&search.component=&search.countrycode=AU IPFF Australia]</ref> Here are some places where you can get a consultation: | ||
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If you are applying for permanent Australian visa, you will be required to take an HIV test. If you are found to be HIV+, this will not automatically disqualify you but it will be included in the criteria used to assess your application.<ref>[HIV Travel: Australia]</ref> | If you are applying for permanent Australian visa, you will be required to take an HIV test. If you are found to be HIV+, this will not automatically disqualify you but it will be included in the criteria used to assess your application.<ref>[HIV Travel: Australia]</ref> | ||
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====Home Testing==== | |||
[http:// | * 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. | ||
* [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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* You can get STI/STD tests from most doctors, family planning clinics or sexual healths clinics. However, here's a list of some places to consider: | |||
* [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 | ||
* [http://www.mshc.org.au/ Melbourne Sexual Health Centre]: You can probably get a free STI test here and, if you're a minor, you can get tested here without parental involvement or referrals. Opening Mon - Thur: 8.30am - 5.00pm, Fri: 12.30pm - 5.00pm. Or by Appointment Only Thur Evening Clinic: 5.00 -7.00pm� Ph: 03 9341 6200. Address: 580 Swanston Street, Carlton, 3053 Vic. | * [http://www.mshc.org.au/ Melbourne Sexual Health Centre]: You can probably get a free STI test here and, if you're a minor, you can get tested here without parental involvement or referrals. Opening Mon - Thur: 8.30am - 5.00pm, Fri: 12.30pm - 5.00pm. Or by Appointment Only Thur Evening Clinic: 5.00 -7.00pm� Ph: 03 9341 6200. Address: 580 Swanston Street, Carlton, 3053 Vic. | ||
** Tip: "MSHC is about 5-10 minutes walk from Melbourne Central Station, the staff are very supportive and from my personal experience, you don't feel like you have to hide anything from them. You can walk in without an appointment and at the very least, you'll be able to see a nurse or GP at the time you walk in and get a test done on the day, with the results communicated to you via text or phone call." - [https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/56qtpi/where_can_i_16_yr_old_get_a_free_std_test_that/ Where can I (16 yr old) get a free STD test that won't require parents, Medicare, or a referral??? - Reddit] | ** Tip: "MSHC is about 5-10 minutes walk from Melbourne Central Station, the staff are very supportive and from my personal experience, you don't feel like you have to hide anything from them. You can walk in without an appointment and at the very least, you'll be able to see a nurse or GP at the time you walk in and get a test done on the day, with the results communicated to you via text or phone call." - [https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/56qtpi/where_can_i_16_yr_old_get_a_free_std_test_that/ Where can I (16 yr old) get a free STD test that won't require parents, Medicare, or a referral??? - Reddit] | ||
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* [https://www.smarthealth.me/ SmartHealth]: "Australia’s Intelligent STI/STD Check. Fast, Convenient and Discreet. No Doctor Required. Results by SMS within 48 Hours. Over 1,450 Pathology Collection Centres Throughout Australia." | * [https://www.smarthealth.me/ SmartHealth]: "Australia’s Intelligent STI/STD Check. Fast, Convenient and Discreet. No Doctor Required. Results by SMS within 48 Hours. Over 1,450 Pathology Collection Centres Throughout Australia." | ||
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Regarding PrEP: "There are three ongoing demonstration projects in Australia—VicPrEP in MSM, transgender women, heterosexual serodiscordant couples and people who received N-PEP on more than two occasions; PRELUDE in men and women at high and ongoing risk of HIV; and EPIC-NSW enrolling high-risk, mostly gay and bisexual men in New South Wales. A fourth demonstration project, PrEPX, will start later this year. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved daily oral Truvada for HIV prevention."<ref>[http://www.prepwatch.org/australia/ PrEP Watch: Australia]</ref> | Regarding PrEP: "There are three ongoing demonstration projects in Australia—VicPrEP in MSM, transgender women, heterosexual serodiscordant couples and people who received N-PEP on more than two occasions; PRELUDE in men and women at high and ongoing risk of HIV; and EPIC-NSW enrolling high-risk, mostly gay and bisexual men in New South Wales. A fourth demonstration project, PrEPX, will start later this year. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved daily oral Truvada for HIV prevention."<ref>[http://www.prepwatch.org/australia/ PrEP Watch: Australia]</ref> | ||
[http://getpep.info/ PEP Hotline, Victoria]: 1800 889 887. "Phoneline is staffed 24 hours a day Friday to Monday, and 8:30am to midnight, Tuesday to Thursday. Other times there is a detailed recorded message with many options." | |||
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