CTA and SAE Santa Marta
Centro de Testagem e Aconselhamento (CTA) e Serviço de Atendimento Especializado (SAE) Santa Marta
Public sexual health clinic · Porto Alegre, Brazil
Can I go now?
Contact the clinic to arrange a visit
The city gives 8:00 to 17:00 for the CTA and SAE without naming the days; ring before a weekend or evening visit.
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 testing centre asks of a visitor.
About
The city's testing centre and specialised HIV/STI service in the historic centre, which the health department says offers rapid STI tests, PEP, PrEP, HIV self-tests, free condoms and access to treatment, from 8:00 to 17:00.
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 gives 8:00 to 17:00 for the CTA and SAE without naming the days; ring before a weekend or evening visit.
Languages: Portuguese
Cost
| Service | Who | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid HIV test | Everyone | Free The state health department says the rapid HIV test is free, confidential and needs no doctor's request. |
| 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. |
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
- 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
- PEP in this country. The Ministry of Health says PEP is free through the SUS, must start within 72 hours and lasts 28 days. In April 2026 the city health department said PEP is available until 22:00 at Unidade de Saúde São Carlos (Av. Bento Gonçalves, 6670; 13:00–22:00) and at the Modelo (Av. Jerônimo de Ornelas, 55), Navegantes (Av. Presidente Franklin Roosevelt, 5) and Restinga (Rua Álvaro Difini, 520) district pharmacies (8:00–22:00); in regular hours at the SAE units, including SAE Santa Marta in the centre; and after 22:00 at the Lomba do Pinheiro, Cruzeiro do Sul and Bom Jesus emergency units and UPA Moacyr Scliar.Published by Prefeitura de Porto Alegre· 22 Sep 2026
Emergency number: 192
Sources & last checked
Last checked 22 Sep 2026.
- e1 · Published by Prefeitura de Porto Alegre · 22 Sep 2026 · www.prefeitura.poa.br — City health department news of 17 February 2025: SAE Santa Marta and CTA Santa Marta at Rua Capitão Montanha, 27, 5th floor (Centro de Saúde Santa Marta), 8:00 to 17:00; at these units 'rapid tests for STIs, pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis, condoms, lubricant gel, HIV self-tests, reception and access to treatment in general' are available.
- e2 · Published by Prefeitura de Porto Alegre · 22 Sep 2026 · www.prefeitura.poa.br — City health department news of 14 April 2026 on extended PEP hours: PEP medicines remain available in regular hours at SAE Santa Marta (Capitão Montanha, 27, 5th floor) and the other SAEs; after 22:00 users should go to the Lomba do Pinheiro, Cruzeiro do Sul and Bom Jesus emergency units or UPA Moacyr Scliar; PEP is 28 days of antiretrovirals started within 72 hours.
- e3 · Published by Prefeitura de Porto Alegre · 22 Sep 2026 · prefeitura.poa.br — City health department news of 24 October 2023: list of antiretroviral dispensing units including 'SAE - Santa Marta, Rua Capitão Montanha, 27, Centro Histórico, (51) 3289-2925'.
- e4 · Published by Secretaria Estadual da Saúde do Rio Grande do Sul · 22 Sep 2026 · observatorioaids.saude.rs.gov.br — State HIV observatory rapid-test page: the test is free, confidential, needs no doctor's request and gives a result in about 30 minutes; lists 'Centro de Saúde Santa Marta - Sala de Testagem e Aconselhamento, Rua Capitão Montanha, 27, 5º andar, (51) 3289-2912' among Porto Alegre's testing sites.
- e5 · Published by Ministério da Saúde (Brazil) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.gov.br — Ministry of Health PEP page: PEP is offered free of charge by the SUS, must start within 72 hours and is taken for 28 days.
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