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Sexually Transmitted Illness – STI

The law called Smittskyddslagen regulates how to deal with sexually transmitted infections in order to reduce further spreading.

There is a law in Sweden, called Smittskyddslagen that regulates sexually transmitted infections, STI. The purpose of the law is to reduce their spreading. It is free of charge to get exanimated and treated for these diseases in Sweden. Smittskyddslagen covers the following STI’s:

  • HIV & AIDS
  • Hepatitis B and C
  • Chlamydia
  • Gonorrhoea
  • Syphilis

Your obligations

You are obliged to test yourself if there is a risk that you’ve been infected by an STI. You must also help track previous partners, so that possibly infected previous or current partners can be found, tested and treated.

STI Test Centre’s

You can test yourself for an STI at a:

  • Ungdomsmottagning – Youth Clinic.
  • Gynmottagning – Gynaecological Clinic.
  • Venereologmottagning – Venereology Clinic.
  • Barnmorskemottagning/Mödravårdsmottagnig – Maternal Care Centre.
  • Hud- och könsmottagning – Skin and venereal Clinic.
  • Vårdcentral – Health Centre.

HIV quick test

Some RFSL centre offer HIV quick tests where you get the result directly. Find your closest test centre here.

For men who have sex with men

There are health centre´s in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö that are especially geared towards men who have sexual intercourse with men. Find out more here.

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Julieta Spoerer
I was born in Sweden but it was a fluke that I ended up here. My mother was a political refugee and had all of 20 minutes to decide which country to go to once she could no longer stay in her native Chile. Thanks to her I am parts Swede and parts South American and believe in the good that can come out of people moving beyond borders. I work with words and digital marketing for a living and run the company Caligraph Communication. You can find out about it at www.caligraph.se
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Sexually Transmitted Illness – STI

The law called Smittskyddslagen regulates how to deal with sexually transmitted infections in order to reduce further spreading.
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