If you feel comfortable with this, we recommend that you tell your partners personally, as sympathetically as possible. Take the time to ask yourself how you would receive this kind of news and how you would like to be notified.
Preventing your partners is also doing them a favour so that they can be tested and treated, and stop transmitting the infection.
As we know that it is not always easy to inform your partners, we have listed some recommendations to ensure that this happens in the best conditions.
First and foremost, there's no shame in catching an STI, you don't have to feel guilty about it. They're part of sexuality!
We advise you to wait until you've received medical advice (screening or clinical examination) before telling your partners.
Your partners will surely appreciate it if you tell them in person (face-to-face, by phone, message or e-mail).
It's often very difficult to know exactly who has infected whom. When you send a notification to your partners, you can't necessarily know who has contaminated whom. The most important thing is that everyone is tested and treated.
Your partners may have questions or need reassurance, so you can refer them to prevention associations, health professionals or the www.depistage.be website.
You can explain to your partners where and how you have benefited from screening and treatment.
Despite these recommendations, if you are unable to notify your partners directly, we have developed a free, anonymous partner notification tool: SMS DEPISTAGE.