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====Testing Facilities====
====Testing Facilities====


* 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. For HIV, you can be assessed for PeP (Post Exposure Prophylaxis) at sexual health clinics, doctors (including some general practitioners) who specialise in HIV/AIDS, and hospital accident and emergency departments (which are open 24 hours). There are sexual health (MSHC) centres which are walk-in clinics providing testing and treatment for sexually transmissible infections. For people with a relevant visa, that have applied for permanent residency or are a visitor from a reciprocal health care agreement country, treatment is given for free, if they hold a Medicare card.
* [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.   
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.   
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