The only way to know whether you have been exposed to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is by getting an HIV test.
If you test positive, knowing your HIV status will enable you to access treatment, learn how to avoid re-infection, stay healthy, and protect those around you from becoming infected.
If you test negative, knowing your status will help you protect yourself and others from this preventable infection.
HIV testing has never been easier, and new choices soon will be available due to the arrival of the point of care HIV screening test.
The point of care test screens for the antibodies of HIV in the blood. Within 60 seconds, a drop of blood can determine whether or not an individual has developed antibodies to HIV.
All HIV testing should include pre-test and post-test counselling.
The Northwestern Health Unit has been designated as an anonymous HIV testing site in an effort to provide equitable access to testing across in Ontario.
Point of care testing will be available by appointment at any of the Northwestern Health Unit’s sexual health clinic sites in Kenora, Fort Frances, Sioux Lookout, and Dryden early in 2008.
Point of care HIV testing is free, quick, and reliable. The choice is yours.
Know your HIV status . . . protect your future.
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