HIV STI Screening Clinic

[TK]

Kagoshima Prefecture has a free, anonymous HIV and STI screening clinic:
Kagoshima Health Center (Hokenjo)
(next to the Daiei across from Korimoto tram stop)
Every Tuesday afternoon from 1:30 to 3:00
Every 2nd Thursday in the evening from 5:30 to 7:00
Free HIV and Hep B & C tests
Syphillis and gonorrhea tests for nominal fee (Gonorrhea test is not available on Thursdays)
Just say "kensa ni kimashita" (I came to be tested) at reception desk.
See attached form (translated courtesy of Kagoshima CIR)
HIV results available 20 minutes later and you phone later for other test results
www.city.kagoshima.lg.jp/_1010/shimin/2kenko_hukushi/2-3kenkou/2-3-3kansensyou/2-3-3-3/0000787.html

[TK]

Here's a link to the NPR transcript about the drug-resistant gonorrhea found in Japan:
www.npr.org/2011/07/15/138164324/antibiotic-resistant-gonorrhea-found-in-japan

[TK]

Here's a link to HIV testing centers throughout the prefecture:
www.hivkensa.com/search/?mode=list&enc=%E3%81%82&name=&prefecture=45