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Before you search for a self-test option, you may want to know....
The INSTI HIV Self-Test made by bioLytical Laboratories in British Columbia.
This is a screening test that is over 99% accurate and was approved and licensed by Health Canada in November 2020. The INSTI HIV self-test is currently the only self-test approved for use in Canada.
If you test positive (reactive result), it means that you likely have HIV but this needs to be confirmed with a laboratory-based confirmatory test. You will need to see your doctor or go to a health care provider for this confirmatory testing.
Yes, the test comes with instructions that are easy to follow. The test only takes a few minutes. This video will walk you through the process.
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DIY self-test app
Pelican Lake First Nation Health Centre/Indigenous Services Canada
Health centre offering services in Pelican Lake to support with addiction, mental health, and primary care services.
Eskasoni Health Center
The Eskasoni Health Center is located centrally in the community at 44 Spencers Lane. The Health Center provides a wide range of primary care services including: family physicians; a nurse practitioner; support staff; visiting specialists; and a Pharmacy staffed by two full-time pharmacists and two Pharmacy technicians.
Crosstown Clinic
The Crosstown Clinic is the first clinic in North America to offer medical-grade heroin (diacetylmorphine) and the legal analgesic hydromorphone within a supervised clinical setting to chronic substance use patients. We have an on-site pharmacy, and doctors, nurses, social workers and substance-use disorder counsellors available. We also offer life-skills counselling, housing referrals and direction to legal assistance.
The Pas Committee for Women in Crisis Inc.
The Pas Committee for Women in Crisis, Inc. operates 2 facilities: the Aurora House, an emergency shelter for women and children in crisis situations, and My Sister's House, a 12-month follow up residential program for high needs clients. They provide programs, resources, and information that empower women to make independent choices as well as operate a 24-hour crisis line providing counselling and referral services.
ANKORS – AIDS Network Kootenay Outreach Support Society
ANKORS has a goal to innovate and take a leadership role; to strategically evolve our organization to best meet the needs of our service users, volunteers, staff, and communities in regard to reducing the risk of transmission of HIV, HCV, sexually transmitted and other blood borne infections; promote testing, treatment and care of those most at risk of and living with HCV and/or HIV and other blood borne infections; and enhance our harm reduction services and strategies for at risk populations including people who use drugs, men who have sex with men, transgender people, new comers (refugees) and immigrants, women, youth, those involved in the sex trade and those leaving corrections, detox and treatment.
Native Youth Sexual Health Network
The Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN) is an organization by and for Indigenous youth that works across issues of sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice throughout the United States and Canada.
Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority Inc.
Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is the only First Nations Organization of its kind in the country. NITHA is comprised of the Prince Albert Grand Council, Meadow Lake Tribal Council, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, and Lac La Ronge Indian Band and each has extensive experience in health service delivery. The Partners formally joined together in 1998 to create NITHA to deliver a service known as “Third Level.”
Dalhousie University, Agricultural Campus Health Services
Health Services provides confidential assessments and referral services to students based on nursing assessments, provision of education, recommendation of appropriate care, provision of counselling services, evaluation of effectiveness of plans of care and referral to community resources.