USF Carmen Nicolau
Unidade de Saúde da Família Carmen Nicolau
Public sexual health clinic · Manaus, Brazil
Can I go now?
Contact the clinic to arrange a visit
The city publishes the unit's address and hours but no phone number; PEP is urgent, so go in person within 72 hours.
Can a visitor use it?
Check with the clinic before you go — The Ministry of Health says foreign tourists can use the public urgent-care network free of charge (see the city note); the city's pages do not say what a health unit asks of a visitor.
About
The only unit on the city's PEP list that opens every day of the week, 7:00 to 17:00, which matters because PEP has to start within 72 hours.
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
Booking, access & languages
The city publishes the unit's address and hours but no phone number; PEP is urgent, so go in person within 72 hours.
Languages: Portuguese
Cost
| Service | Who | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| PEP (after HIV exposure) | Everyone | Free The Ministry of Health says PEP is offered free of charge by the public health system (SUS); start within 72 hours, taken for 28 days. |
| Rapid HIV test | Everyone | Free The Ministry of Health says HIV tests are done free of charge by the SUS at public network units and testing centres. |
Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.
Brazil: good to know
- PEP in this country. Manaus city health department (Semsa) publishes the list of family health units (USF) that hold PEP, by zone, with their addresses and hours — most open on weekdays from about 7:00 to 17:00 or 18:00, one of them (USF Carmen Nicolau, Lago Azul) every day. It says PEP is an emergency measure for a situation of risk of HIV infection and must be started as soon as possible, preferably within the first two hours and at most within 72 hours. No unit on that list is open 24 hours, so at night ask at a UPA or emergency unit.
- What visitors pay. Brazil's Ministry of Health says a foreign tourist with a health problem can also seek care in the urgent-care network of the public health system (SUS), including SAMU ambulances on 192 and 24-hour UPA units, and that these services are free. The page does not list any documents a tourist must show.Published by Ministério da Saúde (Brazil)· 22 Sep 2026
Emergency number: 192
Sources & last checked
Last checked 22 Sep 2026.
- e1 · Published by Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Manaus (Semsa) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.manaus.am.gov.br — City health department PEP page: PEP is a 'Medida de prevenção de urgência para ser utilizada em situação de risco à infecção pelo HIV' and 'deve ser iniciada o mais rápido possível - preferencialmente nas primeiras duas horas após a exposição de risco e no máximo em até 72 horas'. Its list of units by zone includes, in the north zone, 'USF Carmen Nicolau - Rua Santa Tereza D'Ávila, Lago Azul', open every day 7:00 to 17:00.
- e2 · Published by Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Manaus (Semsa) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.manaus.am.gov.br — City health department PrEP page: 'A Profilaxia Pré-Exposição ao HIV (PrEP) é um novo método de prevenção combinada à infecção pelo HIV, disponibilizado pelo Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)'. Its list of units includes, in the north zone, 'USF Carmen Nicolau - Rua Santa Tereza D'Ávila, s/n, Lago Azul (seg-dom 7h-17h)'.
- e3 · Published by Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Manaus (Semsa) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.manaus.am.gov.br — City health department STI/HIV page: 'realização de testes rápidos para HIV, sífilis e hepatites B e C, em todas as Unidades de Saúde'.
- e4 · Published by Ministério da Saúde (Brazil) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.gov.br — Ministry of Health PEP page: 'A PEP é oferecida gratuitamente pelo SUS', 'A PEP deve ser iniciada no máximo em até 72 horas após a exposição', 'A profilaxia é realizada por 28 dias'.
- e5 · Published by Ministério da Saúde (Brazil) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.gov.br — Ministry of Health HIV diagnosis page: 'Esses testes são realizados gratuitamente pelo Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)' 'nas unidades da rede pública e nos Centros de Testagem e Aconselhamento (CTAs)'.
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