Aids Beratung

Where is AIDS counselling offered in the municipality?

Counselling on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) is offered in Brandenburg by the health authorities of the districts and independent cities and by counselling centres for sexual health and education of independent providers. The consultation is confidential, anonymous and free of charge.

Topics of the consultation can be, for example:

• Routes of transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis...)
• Safer Sex Rules
• Risk assessment
• HIV antibody test - necessity, procedure, waiting periods
• Risks in the field of prostitution
• Risks of contagion in the medical field
• Risks of contagion in everyday life
• AIDS anxiety
• Dealing with positive test results
• Living with HIV
• Possibilities of drug prevention (PEP and PrEP)

The consultation can be given in person or by telephone.

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Quality assurance by trained specialists

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If necessary, prior appointment (no obligation), detailed consultation, test, after the laboratory result is available, the result is communicated and, if necessary, a renewed consultation and mediation for medical and therapeutic treatment

Documentation of consultation, testing and results and, if necessary, reporting to the RKI: approx. 30 minutes per case

After a high-risk contact, such as after unprotected sex , it takes about six weeks – depending on the test procedure – before an HIV infection can be ruled out with certainty. This is also related to the course of the infection, because only when the HI virus spreads in the body, it comes to a detectable immune response to the infection.

Counselling on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STIs)

Responsible are the health departments of the districts / independent cities

Transmission of non-named reports to the RKI (laboratory reporting obligation according to § 7 Abs. 3 IfSG)