Adelaide Sexual Health Centre
137 East Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Adelaide Sexual Health Centre provides free, confidential, specialist sexual health services. Get advice, testing and treatment for all sexually transmitted infections.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the use of antiretroviral medications to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. Clinical trials from around the world have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of PrEP at reducing HIV transmission among people at medium to high risk of acquiring HIV.
For Australian residents with a current Medicare card, HIV PrEP is subsidised by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Eligible Australians with a prescription for PrEP from their General Practitioner or sexual health clinic may access PrEP from a community pharmacy.
Individuals without a Medicare card may purchase HIV PrEP from overseas for personal use under the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) personal importation scheme.
For more information about accessing PrEP in South Australia, see Adelaide Sexual Health Centre’s HIV PrEP patient information sheet (PDF 110KB).