Dirección de Medicina Preventiva (City of Córdoba testing point)

Dirección de Medicina Preventiva

Public sexual health clinic · Córdoba, Argentina

Check hours with the clinic

Can I go now?

Walk in — no appointment needed

Published by Municipalidad de Córdoba· 22 Sep 2026

Walk in. The city does not publish the hours of its permanent testing points; phone the municipal HIV programme on 351 227 3426 or email it before going. DEM Centro (Sarmiento 480) is the other central point.

Can a visitor use it?

Check with the clinic before you go — The city's pages speak of anyone over 13 and do not mention tourists or documents; the national ministry says public tests need no ID.

What will it cost?

Ask about prices before your visit

Full price list ↓

About

The city's own preventive-medicine office in the centre, named by the Municipality of Córdoba as a permanent point for free rapid HIV and syphilis tests with no appointment and no doctor's order.

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

Rapid HIV test — Yes

Finger-prick or mouth swab; result in about 20 minutes.

The city describes rapid, confidential HIV and syphilis tests at its permanent points.

Syphilis test — Yes

Blood test.

Booking, access & languages

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Minimum age: 13

No ID required

You don’t need to show identification.

The national Ministry of Health says no ID or doctor's order is needed for an HIV test in public hospitals and health centres.

No referral required

You can come without a doctor’s referral.

No doctor's order needed (sin necesidad de pedido médico).

Walk-in — Yes

No appointment needed (check the hours).

Permanent testing points work without an appointment (sin turno previo).

No appointment required

You can come without booking (check the hours).

Languages: Spanish

Cost

Service	Who	Cost
Rapid HIV test	Residents	Free The city says its HIV and syphilis tests are free, voluntary and confidential. Ask whether a non-resident visitor is charged under Argentina's 2025–2026 billing rules.
Syphilis test	Residents	Free Free rapid syphilis test at the same points.

Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.

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 where to go or how this applies to short-term visitors.
Published by Ministerio de Salud de la Nación· 22 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 and asking for PEP (profilaxis post exposición); in Córdoba the provincial hospitals are the ones to try.
Community-endorsed Fundación Huésped· 22 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, who must show health insurance or pay before non-emergency care, while emergency care cannot be refused or delayed. Córdoba's municipal testing points and the provincial hospitals (Hospital Rawson among them) are not run by the national state; the Hospital Nacional de Clínicas belongs to the national university, so ask what applies before a non-urgent visit.
Published by Gobierno de Argentina· 22 Sep 2026

Emergency number: 107

Sources & last checked

Last checked 22 Sep 2026.

e1 · Published by Municipalidad de Córdoba · 22 Sep 2026 · cordoba.gob.ar — City announcement of 20 July 2026: rapid, free and confidential HIV and syphilis tests for people over 13 without a doctor's order; permanent testing points without appointment at Dirección de Medicina Preventiva (Santa Rosa 360), DEM Centro (Sarmiento 480), DEM Norte (Jujuy 3095), DEM Oeste (Deán Funes and Muñiz), Hospital Príncipe de Asturias (Defensa 1200) and 100 municipal health centres; dated sessions at CPCs 09:00–12:00.
e2 · Published by Municipalidad de Córdoba · 22 Sep 2026 · cordoba.gob.ar — City announcement of 1 August 2026 repeating the same permanent points and conditions (free, confidential, over 13, no doctor's order).
e3 · Published by Municipalidad de Córdoba · 22 Sep 2026 · cordoba.gob.ar — City announcement of 26 June 2025: tests free, voluntary, confidential and without prior appointment; permanent points listed; municipal programme phone 3512273426 and email.
e4 · Published by Ministerio de Salud de la Nación · 22 Sep 2026 · www.argentina.gob.ar — National HIV page: tests available in public hospitals and health centres across the country, confidential, no ID or doctor's order required.

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