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Clark County Public Health provides free STI and HIV testing at our Harm Reduction Center. Free testing is available for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV and hepatitis C.
Clark County Public Health STI Testing
In-person testing is provided on Tuesdays from 9am to 3pm at our Harm Reduction Center in Vancouver. Please submit the confidential form below to request an appointment.
Information for STI clinic visitors
- Service is on the fourth floor of the Center for Community Health, 1601 E Fourth Plain Blvd., building 17, suite A419.
- Entrance is on the north side of the building.
- Park in visitor parking.
- See the campus map for building and parking information.
If you need help getting yourself or a partner treated for a STI, please reach out to our program at 564.397.8082. Our program phone is monitored 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday.
Additional testing and treatment resources
Most healthcare providers offer testing and care. If you do not have a provider or insurance that covers testing and treatment, please see the list below for more resources:
- Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) provides testing on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- Planned Parenthood
- Sea Mar Community Health (all locations). Sea Mar Salmon Creek has a specific program focused on STI/HIV testing and care.
- STI Testing Clinic Locations
- HIV Testing
- Options 360 (Women only)
Court-ordered HIV testing
Your healthcare provider can provide you with an HIV test. You may also use the additional testing and treatment resources listed on this page to obtain an HIV test.
If none of those options work for you, please call 564.397.8082.
What are STIs?
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), also known as sexually transmitted infections (STIs), are very common. Millions of new infections occur every year in the United States.
STIs are passed from one person to another through sexual activity including vaginal, oral, and anal sex. They can also be
passed from one person to another through intimate physical contact, though this is not very common.
STIs don’t always cause symptoms or may only cause mild symptoms, so it is possible to have an infection and not know it. That is why it is important to get tested if you are having sex. If you are diagnosed with an STI, know that all can be treated with medicine and some can be cured entirely.
STIs are preventable. If you have sex, know how to protect yourself and your sexual partners from STIs.
HIV treatment and prevention
People with HIV should take medicine to treat HIV as soon as possible. If taken as prescribed, HIV medicine reduces the amount of HIV in the body (viral load) to a very low level, which keeps the immune system working and prevents illness. HIV medicine can even make the viral load so low that a test can’t detect it. This is called an undetectable viral load.
Getting and keeping an undetectable viral load is the best thing people with HIV can do to stay healthy. Another benefit of reducing the amount of virus in the body is that it helps prevent transmission to others. This is sometimes referred to as treatment as prevention.
Additional HIV resources
- U = U Frequently Asked Questions
- HIV Alliance: HIV, HCV & Harm Reduction
- Washington Department of Health: HIV
- Planned Parenthood: How can I prevent HIV?
- Washington Department of Health: HIV Care - Client Services
- 10 Things to Know About HIV Suppression (NIAID)
- PrEP Facts (HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
- Washington Department of Health: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)