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* STD Clinic Taipei: Anonymous tests with rapid response are possible without any problems. Address: 2F, 100 Kunming Street, Phone: +886 2 2370 3739. | * STD Clinic Taipei: Anonymous tests with rapid response are possible without any problems. Address: 2F, 100 Kunming Street, Phone: +886 2 2370 3739. | ||
* [http://english.tch.gov.taipei/fp.asp?fpage=cp&xItem=1605308&ctNode=9928&mp=109012 Taipei City Hospital Kunming Branch]: They provide STI tests, including HIV test. They also have HIV/AIDS special clinics and hotline for STD counseling. | * [http://english.tch.gov.taipei/fp.asp?fpage=cp&xItem=1605308&ctNode=9928&mp=109012 Taipei City Hospital Kunming Branch]: They provide STI tests, including HIV test. They also have HIV/AIDS special clinics and hotline for STD counseling. | ||
* Rainbow | * Rainbow Queer Health Culture Center: 9F.-4, No.70, Sec. 2, Roosevelt Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 02-23920010 | ||
* Gay Together: This is an LGBTQ-friendly clinic that offers HIV tests, as well as potentially more STI tests. Address: 5F., No.100, Kunming St., Wanhua Dist., Taipei City 108, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 02-23703738 | * Gay Together: This is an LGBTQ-friendly clinic that offers HIV tests, as well as potentially more STI tests. Address: 5F., No.100, Kunming St., Wanhua Dist., Taipei City 108, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 02-23703738 | ||
* Taiwan AIDS Foundation: This is an LGBTQ-friendly clinic that offers HIV tests, as well as potentially more STI tests. Address: 8F., No.410, Nanjing W. Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City 103 02-25592059 | * [http://www.taiwanaids.org.tw/ Taiwan AIDS Foundation]: This is an LGBTQ-friendly clinic that offers HIV tests, as well as potentially more STI tests. Address: 8F., No.410, Nanjing W. Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City 103 02-25592059 | ||
* Living with Hope Organization, Society of Preventive Medicine in Taiwan: This is an LGBTQ-friendly clinic that offers HIV tests, as well as potentially more STI tests. Address: Rm. 902, 9F. Campus Building, No.155, Sec. 2, Linong St., Beitou Dist., Taipei City 112 02-23920010 | * Living with Hope Organization, Society of Preventive Medicine in Taiwan: This is an LGBTQ-friendly clinic that offers HIV tests, as well as potentially more STI tests. Address: Rm. 902, 9F. Campus Building, No.155, Sec. 2, Linong St., Beitou Dist., Taipei City 112 02-23920010 | ||
* Light of Friendship Association of Taiwan: This is an LGBTQ-friendly clinic that offers HIV tests, as well as potentially more STI tests. Address: 3F., No.1, Ln. 1, Bo’ai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100 02-23755413 | * Light of Friendship Association of Taiwan: This is an LGBTQ-friendly clinic that offers HIV tests, as well as potentially more STI tests. Address: 3F., No.1, Ln. 1, Bo’ai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100 02-23755413 | ||
Note: For a list of LGBTQ-friendly HIV testing centers in Taiwan, click [https://www.maleq.org/hiv-testing-centers-taiwan-online-directory/ here]. | Note: For a list of LGBTQ-friendly HIV testing centers in Taiwan, click [https://www.maleq.org/hiv-testing-centers-taiwan-online-directory/ here]. | ||
===Support=== | ===Support=== | ||
* [http://www.cdc.gov.tw/english/info.aspx?treeid=e79c7a9e1e9b1cdf&nowtreeid=e02c24f0dacdd729&tid=7D01A79F5FD3B63D Center for Disease Control - HIV/AIDS Info] | * [http://www.cdc.gov.tw/english/info.aspx?treeid=e79c7a9e1e9b1cdf&nowtreeid=e02c24f0dacdd729&tid=7D01A79F5FD3B63D Center for Disease Control - HIV/AIDS Info, Taiwan] | ||
* [http://www.aids-care.org.tw/english/founding.asp Taiwan AIDS Society]: Email: aidscenter6575@gmail.com | * [http://www.aids-care.org.tw/english/founding.asp Taiwan AIDS Society]: Email: aidscenter6575@gmail.com | ||
* [http://www.taiwanaids.org.tw/ Taiwan AIDS Foundation]: Education, advocacy and prevention for youth and peer education training. Email: service@taiwanaids.org.tw. Phone: +886 2 2559 2059. Fax: +886 2 2559 7263. Postal Address: 10341, 3F. No.40, ZhèngZhōu Rd, Datong District, Taipei City, 103 | |||
* [https://knowhiv.org/ H.E.A.R.T (HIV Education And Research Taiwan)]: Email: heart@knowhiv.org. Tel: 0905-139-669 | |||
* [http://www.harmonyhometaiwan.org/ Harmony Home Taiwan]: "Harmony Home Association, Taiwan (HHAT), is a registered, non-profit organization committed to helping people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS." | * [http://www.harmonyhometaiwan.org/ Harmony Home Taiwan]: "Harmony Home Association, Taiwan (HHAT), is a registered, non-profit organization committed to helping people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS." | ||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
For Taiwanese citizens with HIV/AIDS, anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is free and available. For foreigners who are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in Taiwan, anti-retroviral medication is available, but it's not immediately free upon diagnosis. In fact, foreigners must be covered by National Health Insurance (NHI), and free ART is only free two years after initial diagnosis. In the first two years, foreigners must first cover all of their medical costs, including exams and treatments. The estimated costs for ART are NT$15,500, as of 2018. As an alternative, some foreigners choose to order ART online or import ART from abroad, such as from the [http://en.trcarc.org/?page_id=632 The Thai Red Cross].<ref>[https://knowhiv.org/en Can I be treated for HIV in Taiwan?]</ref> | |||
==Medications & Vaccines== | ==Medications & Vaccines== | ||
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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
For information regarding HIV treatment (of locals and foreigners) in Taiwan, please refer to the above section: "Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs/STDs)." | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
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* If you have a '''yeast infection''', you can ask the pharmacist for Fluconazole. The pharmacist should be able to give you Fluconazole or medication that is similar (which may be Flucon in Taiwan).<ref>[https://www.drugs.com/international/fluconazole.html Fluconazole - International]</ref> | * If you have a '''yeast infection''', you can ask the pharmacist for Fluconazole. The pharmacist should be able to give you Fluconazole or medication that is similar (which may be Flucon in Taiwan).<ref>[https://www.drugs.com/international/fluconazole.html Fluconazole - International]</ref> | ||
* The '''HPV vaccine''' is available in Taiwan. However, it's unclear if the government has an official vaccination program that it subsidizes. As of 2015, it was not yet subsidized by the government,<ref>[http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201503040027.aspx Experts call for free HPV vaccines for girls]</ref> and was available at National Taiwan University, for example, for TWD 2394.<ref>[http://shmc.osa.ntu.edu.tw/en/policlinic/policlinic4 Vaccination Service]</ref> | * The '''HPV vaccine''' is available in Taiwan. However, it's unclear if the government has an official vaccination program that it subsidizes. As of 2015, it was not yet subsidized by the government,<ref>[http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201503040027.aspx Experts call for free HPV vaccines for girls]</ref> and was available at National Taiwan University, for example, for TWD 2394.<ref>[http://shmc.osa.ntu.edu.tw/en/policlinic/policlinic4 Vaccination Service]</ref> | ||
* You can find '''Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)''' in Taiwan, but you may need to pay out-of-pocket to access it. You should contact your local health provider for details. | |||
* There is a national '''Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)''' project, which is sponsored by the Taiwanese CDC, and there are an estimated 300 people who are using PrEP in Taiwan, as of 2018. Gilead’s Truvada (TDF/FTC) is approved for prevention, but generic versions of TDF/FTC are not approved for prevention.<ref>[https://www.prepwatch.org/taiwan/ PrEPWatch - Taiwan]</ref> You can read the [https://www.cdc.gov.tw/professional/info.aspx?treeid=7b56e6f932b49b90&nowtreeid=692bcc8b4de949f3&tid=40BCC037DF6290EA National Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Guidelines (2016)] (in Mandarin) for more details. | * There is a national '''Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)''' project, which is sponsored by the Taiwanese CDC, and there are an estimated 300 people who are using PrEP in Taiwan, as of 2018. Gilead’s Truvada (TDF/FTC) is approved for prevention, but generic versions of TDF/FTC are not approved for prevention.<ref>[https://www.prepwatch.org/taiwan/ PrEPWatch - Taiwan]</ref> You can read the [https://www.cdc.gov.tw/professional/info.aspx?treeid=7b56e6f932b49b90&nowtreeid=692bcc8b4de949f3&tid=40BCC037DF6290EA National Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Guidelines (2016)] (in Mandarin) for more details. | ||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
* You may need to pay for an HPV vaccine out-of-pocket. The cost for the HPV vaccine at National Taiwan University was NT$ 2394, as of 2015. | |||
* You may need to pay for PEP out-of-pocket. The cost for a 28-day PEP treatment (Truvada® + Isentress® or Truvada® + Tivicay®) is about NT$ 20,000, as of 2018.<ref>[https://knowhiv.org/en Can I get post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in Taiwan?]</ref> | |||
* The NIH doesn't cover costs for PrEP, so you'll probably need to pay out-of-pocket. You can expect to pay around NT$ 12,000 per month for Truvada, or you can pay NT$ 1,000 – 3,000 per month for generic forms of PrEP (which you'll need to order online and have shipped to Taiwan), as of 2018.<ref>[https://knowhiv.org/en Can I get pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Taiwan?]</ref> | |||
==Menstruation== | ==Menstruation== | ||