How RFSL works with HIV-prevention
Read about some of the work RFSL does within the fields of health and HIV-prevention.
Read about some of the work RFSL does within the fields of health and HIV-prevention.
Here you can read more about the most common STIs, how they’re transmitted, testing and treatment.
In some cities, RFSL offers rapid HIV and syphilis testing. These services are open for men who have sex with men and trans people.
Here you’ll find answers to frequently asked questions about mpox – what it is, what the symptoms are, how it’s being transmitted and how you can protect yourself.
Read more about PrEP – HIV preventative medications. We list how to access PrEP in different Swedish regions and offer a self-reporting tool that will help you find out if PrEP is relevant to you.
The parliament has decided on a review of the obligation to disclose HIV status.
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that weakens the body’s immune system and was discovered around 1980. Today, most of the people who are HIV positive in Sweden have access to good and effective treatment, but HIV still cannot be cured.
See the documentary “Stockholm, 1982” here!
If you are in treatment and have an undetectable viral load HIV can’t be transmitted through sex, even without using a condom. The safest sex you can have is therefore with someone with an undetectable viral load.
Getting tested is the only way to know if you're living with HIV or any sexually transmitted infection (STI). By getting tested, you can get treatment…
Read more about and register for our HIV/STI testing reminder.
Read about drugs, chemsex and the support RFSL can give you here.
LGBTQ people are more exposed to mental illness than heterosexual cis people. RFSL wants the authorities, healthcare and society as a whole to acknowledge this act and take specific measures to improve the situation for LGBTQ people.
Since the HIV epidemic began in Sweden, there have been certain rules for blood donation.
For RFSL as a rights organisation it’s a matter of course to stand up for that everybody who has sex for compensation should have access to their human rights and a secure everyday life.