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Sexual Health Service Sandyford, of
the National Health Service (NHS) Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and the Scottish
nonprofit Gay Men’s Health are teaming to launch a drop-in health clinic for
Glasgow’s gay and bisexual men.
The clinic will be open on Thursdays
from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Gay Men’s Health Office on Bell Street, in
Glasgow’s Merchant Centre, and will be able to provide HIV and syphilis test
results in 20 minutes via blood drawn from the finger. Sexual health
improvement officer Nicky Coia notes that there was a desire to provide greater
choice for men who might find it difficult to make appointments and wait for
test results.
An estimated 4,315 HIV-infected
individuals currently live in Scotland. Since unprotected sex with men accounts
for the highest rate of new diagnoses, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde hopes the
clinic will help combat the spread of the HIV.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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