Fundación Huésped Testing Centre
Centro de Testeo de Fundación Huésped
NGO / charity service · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Can I go now?
Appointment needed
From clinic website· 22 Sep 2026Request an appointment by WhatsApp or email, Monday to Friday 08:00–17:00. Testing runs Monday to Friday 10:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00.
Can a visitor use it?
Check with the clinic before you go — Described as free and open to the whole community; visitors and documents are not mentioned.
About
Argentina's best-known HIV organisation offers free finger-prick HIV and syphilis tests with a result in about 20 minutes, booked by WhatsApp, with trained staff to talk you through it.
- Specialises in
- Everyone welcome
This clinic doesn’t advertise itself as LGBTQ+ friendly. Most clinics don’t, so this isn’t a sign that it’s unwelcoming. If you’ve been, tell us how you were treated.
Services
Results: About 20 minutes.
Booking, access & languages
Request an appointment by WhatsApp or email, Monday to Friday 08:00–17:00. Testing runs Monday to Friday 10:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00.
Languages: Spanish
Cost
| Service | Who | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid HIV test | Everyone | Free The foundation describes its rapid HIV and syphilis testing centre as free and open to the whole community, and says all its services are free. |
| Syphilis test | Everyone | Free Rapid syphilis test, free, done with the HIV test from a finger prick. |
Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.
After you leave
Results by: in person
Argentina: good to know
- PEP in this country. Argentina's Ministry of Health says PEP and PrEP are available free of charge to everyone who needs them under Law 27.675, and that PEP must be started as soon as possible and no later than 72 hours after the exposure. The page does not say how this applies to short-term visitors.Published by Ministerio de Salud de la Nación· 19 Sep 2026
- PEP in this country. Fundación Huésped says PEP is free and available at public health centres and hospitals, and that it is taken for 28 days. In practice this means going to a public hospital's emergency department (guardia) as soon as you can.Community-endorsed Fundación Huésped· 19 Sep 2026
- What visitors pay. Public hospitals are no longer free for every foreigner. The national government says hospitals run by the national state now charge foreigners who are not permanent residents: you must show valid health insurance or pay before non-emergency care. Emergency care cannot be refused or delayed, and the treating professional decides what counts as an emergency.Published by Gobierno de Argentina· 19 Sep 2026
- What visitors pay. In the City of Buenos Aires, a March 2025 Ministry of Health resolution gives foreigners with permanent or temporary residence the same access to city hospitals as nationals, sets a billing procedure for foreigners without an Argentine ID, and states that urgent or emergency care may never be refused or restricted. The community organisations listed here test everyone free of charge.Published by Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires· 19 Sep 2026
Emergency number: 107
Sources & last checked
Last checked 22 Sep 2026.
- e1 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · huesped.org.ar — Fundación Huésped testing centre page: free rapid HIV and syphilis tests open to the whole community, result in 20 minutes, Monday to Friday 10:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00, appointments by WhatsApp or email.
- e2 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · huesped.org.ar — Home page: address Av. Forest 345, phone numbers.
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