List of Queensland sexual health and HIV services
Queensland Health sexual health clinics
Northern Queensland
- Cairns Sexual Health Clinic
- Cape York, Northern Peninsula Area and Torres Strait Islands
- Mackay Sexual Health and Sexual Assault Service
- Mount Isa Sexual Health Service
- Palm Island Sexual Health Service
- Townsville Sexual Health Unit
Central Queensland
- Central West Health Service
- Rockhampton Blood Borne Virus and Sexual Health Service
- Toowoomba - Kobi Place, Toowoomba Health Services
- Wide Bay Sexual Health Q Clinic Bundaberg
South-east Queensland
- Brisbane Metro South Sexual Health Services (Princess Alexandra and Logan Hospitals)
- Brisbane, Redcliffe and Caboolture
- Gold Coast - Southport and Palm Beach Sexual Health Clinic
- Sunshine Coast - Sexual Health Services
- West Moreton Health - Sexual Health
Community based testing sites
RAPID (Brisbane)
Level 1, 725 Ann Street
Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
HIV and STI testing
Tuesday-Friday 2.30-8pm, Saturday 11.30-5pm
(07) 3013 5566
Email: info@rapid.org.au
RAPID (@ Wet)
22 Jeays Street
Bowen Hills QLD 4006
HIV and syphilis testing
Tuesdays and Fridays 3-7pm
(07) 3013 5566
Email: info@rapid.org.au
QCGP+ (Queensland Council of LGBTI Health - QC)
16/421 Brunswick Street, Brunswick Central
Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
HIV and STI Testing
GP Clinic: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
Medicare card required
Phone: (07) 3017 1777
Crimson Clinic (Respect Inc)
16/421 Brunswick Street, Brunswick Central
Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
Sex worker-led free conventional STI and HIV screening for sex workers by Respect Inc.
Fortnightly, Wednesdays 6-8pm
Medicare card required 18+
Bookings at: http://respectqld.org.au/crimson/
Community controlled health services
Cairns and Hinterland, Cape York and Torres Strait-Northern Peninsula Hospital and Health Services
- Apunipima Cape York Health Council
- Gindaja Treatment & Healing Indigenous Corporation
- Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service Aboriginal Corporation Yarrabah
- Mamu Health Service - Innisfail
- Mookai
- Mulungu Aboriginal Corporation Medical Centre - Mareeba
- Ngak Min Health
- Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) Family and Community Services
- Torres Health
- Wuchopperen Health Service - Cairns
Townsville, North West and Mackay Hospital and Health Services
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service - Mackay
- Girudala Community Cooperative - Bowen
- Mt Isa Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (Gidgee Healing)
- Mt Isa Injilinji Youth Service
- Mudth Niyleta Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation - Sarina
- Palm Island Community Company
- Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Health Services
Central Queensland, Central West, South West and Wide Bay Hospital and Health Services
- Bidgerdii Community Health Service - Rockhampton
- Charleville and Western Areas Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Health
- Cunnamulla Aboriginal Corporation for Health
- Galangoor Duwalami Primary Health Care Service
- Goondir Health Services - St George
- Nhulundu Wooribah Indigenous Health Corporation - Gladstone
- Yoonthalla Services Woorabinda
Sunshine Coast, Darling Downs and West Moreton Hospital and Health Services
- Carbal Medical Centre - Toowoomba
- Cherbourg Regional Aboriginal & Islander Community Controlled Health Service
- Goolburri Aboriginal Health Advancement Company - Toowoomba
- Goodna Clinic - Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH)
- Goondir Health Service – Chinchilla, Dalby & Oakey
- Kambu Medical Services
- North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (ATSICHS) Brisbane (multiple clinic sites)
- Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH)
- Moreton Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (multiple clinic sites)
Metro South and Gold Coast Hospital and Health Services
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service - Brisbane (multiple clinic sites)
- Kalwun Health Service (multiple clinic sites)
- Yulu Burri Ba Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health (multiple clinic sites)
Contact tracing support officers
Officers are based in 7 locations across Queensland and provide services to their host and nearby Hospital and Health Services (HHS). Find your local HHS.
Cairns Sexual Health Service (07) 4226 4769
- Torres and Cape HHS
- Cairns and Hinterland HHS
Mackay Sexual Health Service (07) 4968 3919
- Mackay HHS
Metro North Public Health Unit 0457 547 344
- Metro North HHS
Mount Isa Sexual Health Service (07) 4764 0200
- North West HHS
Rockhampton Blood Borne Virus and Sexual Health Service (07) 4932 5440
- Central Queensland HHS
Sunshine Coast - Sexual Health Services (07) 3542 5065
- Sunshine Coast HHS
Townsville Sexual Health Service (07) 4433 9600
- Townsville HHS
Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections (BBV/STI) Unit
Email: bbvcdu@health.qld.gov.au
HIV Public Health Team
The HIV Public Health Team manage the HIV notification and contact tracing process and assist in the management of people who place others at risk of HIV. They provide support and guidance for clinicians and confidential HIV contact tracing for people living with HIV and those who may have been at risk of HIV transmission.
HIV Public Health Team
Locked Bag 28
Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
Phone: 07 3328 9797
Fax: 07 3328 9799
Email: HIV_PH_Team@health.qld.gov.au
Queensland Syphilis Surveillance Service (QSSS)
Phone: 1800 032 238 (statewide number)
Email:
Infectious diseases units
Organisations providing BBV and STI or sexual health-related services
Australasian Society of HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine is a peak, member-based organisation supporting health professionals in Australia and New Zealand working in HIV, BBVs, and sexual and reproductive health.
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland provides access to culturally appropriate health information and services, including viral hepatitis, HIV and sexual health for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Queensland.
Hepatitis Queensland is a non-government, community organisation that provides support, education and resources about viral hepatitis, and liver disease.
Open Doors Youth Service provides support services for LGBTIQAP+ young people and their families.
Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC) is a statewide non-profit, community-based organisation focused on providing quality services that enhance the health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, sistergirl and brotherboy people and communities in Queensland. QC has a focus on reducing HIV transmission among gay men, men who have sex with men and other sex and gender diverse people at risk of HIV transmission.
Queensland Injectors Health Network (QuIHN Ltd) is an independent not-for-profit providing BBV and STI testing and treatment services along with a range of specialist social and medical services relating to alcohol, other drug use, and mental health.
Queensland Positive People is a peer-based organisation that advocates for people living with HIV, providing support, education, prevention, treatment and health promotion services about HIV and other STIs.
Queensland World AIDS Day aims to raise awareness in the Queensland community about HIV/AIDS.
Respect Inc. provides support services focused on the rights and wellbeing of Queensland sex workers.
Sexual Health Society of Queensland is a member-based organisation committed to provide high quality educational opportunities for its members and encouraging open and strong debate of issues in sexual health in Queensland.
True relationships and reproductive health provides clinical services, education and counselling related to reproductive and sexual health.
Women’s Health and Equality Queensland is a not-for-profit health promotion, information and education service which provides coaching, support and health information for women of all ages in Queensland.
Youth Empowered Towards Independence (YETI) supports the health and wellbeing of young people (aged between 12 and 25) who live in far north Queensland through a variety of programs.
Youth Link works with disadvantaged, homeless and at risk young people in Cairns, providing services and support in health (including sexual and reproductive health), housing and emergency relief.
Sexual health information websites
Partner notification
Better to Know provides information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about common STIs as well as a service to advise their sexual partners that they might also be at risk by sending an email or SMS, either personally or anonymously.
Let Them Know is a free service to help people who have been diagnosed with a sexually transmissible infection tell their sexual partners they might be at risk.
The Drama Down Under provides information for men who have sex with men about the most common STIs and provides a service to advise their sexual partners that they might also be at risk by sending an email or SMS either personally or anonymously. Men can also register to receive a regular reminder to have a sexual health check-up.
Sexual health information for young people
Stop the Rise of STIs is a sexual health website for young Queenslanders aged 16-29.
Play Safe (NSW) provides information about safe sex, condoms, STI treatment and testing.
Get the Facts (WA) provides young people in Western Australia with information on sexual health and relationships, including STIs, BBVs, contraception, body image, tattoos and piercings.
Young Deadly Free is a project aiming to increase STI and BBV testing and treatment rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people living in remote communities across Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia.
The Practical Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships for Years 7-10 is a Commonwealth funded teaching resource from the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University exploring relationships, consent, equity, and sexual and reproductive health.
In Real Life is a guide to sex and relationships for 15 to 18 year olds in Australia, providing real life answers to questions about sex, relationships, pregnancy, STIs, contraception and their body.
Frank is a guide to sex and relationships for 18 to 30 year olds in Australia, providing frank questions and answers about sexual and reproductive health.