Where can I find protection and get tested?
MEANS OF PROTECTION
To find means of protection including external condoms, several solutions exist:
Pay solutions
In the shops, external condoms are generally sold in boxes of 12 and, depending on the brand, can cost between €4 and €14. You can easily find condoms
- In pharmacies and drugstores;
- In the supermarket, in the hygiene department or at the checkout;
- In shops dedicated to cosmetics and personal care products;
- In sex shops;
- At nightshop and other convenience stores ;
- on the Internet.
Your mutual insurance company may reimburse your condoms up to €75 a year. Check the conditions with them.
Free solutions
It is possible for you to find free external condoms:
- in a family planning center ;
- with certain specialized associations ;
- At festive events such as festivals;
- In bars and nightclubs;
SCREENING SITES
There are several ways to test for STIs, including HIV/AIDS:
- go to a family planning center ;
- consult a specialist: gynaecologist, urologist, ENT specialist, dermatologist, etc. ;
- go to an HIV & STI reference center ;
- consult a general practitioner ;
- visit some of the specialized associations ;
- take your prescription directly to a biological sampling laboratory.
FAMILY PLANNING CENTER
Love Attitude
Here you'll find contact details for all family planning centers in Belgium, and you can search for the one nearest you.
www.monplanningfamilial.be
GAY/BISEXUAL/HSH MEN
If you are a man who has sex with men, don't hesitate to contact the non-profit organization Ex-Æquo which carries out different types of tests every week (free and anonymous immediate HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C tests, full tests for all STIs free of charge in most cases). They can also recommend gay-friendly and HIV-friendly doctors whom they know well by email at ttbm@exaequo.be
LESBIANS, BISEXUALS, PANSEXUALS & CO
If you're part of the lesbian, bie & co communities and/or you're a vulva* person who has sex with other vulva people, don't hesitate to visit the Go To Gyneco site, where you can ask for contact information for lesbofriendly health professionals: www.gotogyneco.be
TRANS AND INTERSEX PEOPLE
For trans* and inter people, the Genres Pluriels association has developed a Belgian trans and inter psycho-medico-social network. Go to www.genrespluriels.be/-Reseau-Psycho-Medico-Social-PMS-trans-inter-belge-
SEX WORK
If you work as a sex worker in Brussels or the Walonnia, go to www.espacep.be
If you work as a sex worker in Charleroi, go to www.entre2wallonie.com
If you work as a sex worker in Liège or Seraing, go to www.icar-wallonie.be
If you work as a sex worker in Antwerp, Ghent and Hasselt, go to : www.violett.be
If you are a man or a transgender person and you practice sex work, go to :
- Brussels: www.alias.brussels
- Antwerp: www.boysproject.be
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