CDVIR La Paz (departmental STI and HIV reference centre)
Centro Departamental de Vigilancia, Información y Referencia (CDVIR) La Paz
Public sexual health clinic · La Paz, Bolivia
Can I go now?
Contact the clinic to arrange a visit
The centre's own page gives its opening time as 8:30 to 14:30 without naming the days, and no phone number.
Can a visitor use it?
Check with the clinic before you go — Neither the centre nor the health department mentions foreign visitors.
About
The La Paz health department's public STI and HIV centre, which the department named in 2025 as a place for a free five-minute rapid HIV test and which says it gives free care to gay, bisexual and trans people and sex workers as well as people living with HIV.
- Specialises in
- People living with HIV · Sex workers · Gay, bi & other men who have sex with men · Trans & non-binary people
- Also serves
- Everyone welcome
Services
Results: Rapid HIV test result in about five minutes
Booking, access & languages
The centre's own page gives its opening time as 8:30 to 14:30 without naming the days, and no phone number.
Languages: Spanish
Cost
| Service | Who | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid HIV test | Everyone | Free The La Paz health department (February 2025) describes the five-minute rapid HIV test at CDVIR as free with confidential results; the Ministry of Health says HIV programme tests and treatment are free for the whole population. |
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
Sources & last checked
Last checked 22 Sep 2026.
- e1 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · cdvirlapaz.wixsite.com — CDVIR's own (old, undated, references 2013) site: run by the La Paz departmental health service; free care centred on people living with HIV, also free care for sex workers and the GBT-HSH population and, to a lesser extent, the general population; antiretroviral management; care for people affected by STIs and HIV.
- e2 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · cdvirlapaz.wixsite.com — CDVIR address page: La Paz at Av. Vásquez 220 (Ex Centro Piloto), 8:30 to 14:30; El Alto at Distribuidor de la Ceja, 8:30 to 19:30; services in education, psychology, nutrition, medicine, social work, laboratory and pharmacy.
- e3 · Published by SEDES La Paz (Servicio Departamental de Salud) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.sedeslapaz.gob.bo — Health department article dated 26 February 2025: free rapid HIV tests that take five minutes with confidential results, at CDVIR La Paz, the central bus terminal and CRVIR El Alto.
- e4 · Published by Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de Bolivia · 19 Sep 2026 · www.minsalud.gob.bo — Ministry statement: HIV programme tests and antiretroviral treatment are free for the whole population.
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