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It is difficult to find recent data on HIV rates in Iceland. There are no rates available from UNAIDS or the CIA World Factbook (as of March 2019) However, we do know that 24 people were diagnosed with HIV in 2015, and 13 people were diagnosed in 2013. While these rates are low, they do show an increase in diagnoses.<ref>[https://gayiceland.is/2017/rapid-hiv-hepatitis-c-tests-available-iceland-first-time/ RAPID HIV AND HEPATITIS C TESTS AVAILABLE IN ICELAND FOR THE 1ST TIME]</ref> Furthermore, in 2017, it was estimated that about 230 were on ART, according to UNAIDS.<ref>[http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/iceland ICELAND 2017, HIV and AIDS Estimates]</ref>
It is difficult to find recent data on HIV rates in Iceland. There are no rates available from UNAIDS or the CIA World Factbook (as of March 2019) However, we do know that 24 people were diagnosed with HIV in 2015, and 13 people were diagnosed in 2013. While these rates are low, they do show an increase in diagnoses.<ref>[https://gayiceland.is/2017/rapid-hiv-hepatitis-c-tests-available-iceland-first-time/ RAPID HIV AND HEPATITIS C TESTS AVAILABLE IN ICELAND FOR THE 1ST TIME]</ref> Furthermore, in 2017, it was estimated that about 230 were on ART, according to UNAIDS.<ref>[http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/iceland ICELAND 2017, HIV and AIDS Estimates]</ref>
You can read a personal account of getting an STI test [https://grapevine.is/mag/column-opinion/2015/11/05/the-ultimate-walk-of-shame-std-testing-in-reykjavik/ here].


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


* You can read a personal account of getting an STI test [https://grapevine.is/mag/column-opinion/2015/11/05/the-ultimate-walk-of-shame-std-testing-in-reykjavik/ here].
* Health care centres in Iceland
* Department for Skin Disease and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: LandspitaliHaskolasjukrahus (LSH), Þverholt 18, 105 Reykjavik, telephone: 5436050
(By appointment)
* Outpatient ward for infectious diseases LSH, Fossvogur, 108 Reykjavik, telephone: 543 2040 (By appointment)
* LSH Laboratory, Fossvogur, telephone: 543 5600. You can get a test without an appointment, any weekday between 8:00 and 18:00 hours.


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