Sexual health clinics in Paraguay
The Ministry of Health's national HIV programme, PRONASIDA, says HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B tests are free, voluntary and confidential in public services, that PEP is free at district, regional and specialised public hospitals, and that PrEP is free at a short list of services including its own headquarters in Asunción. None of its pages says how this applies to short-term visitors, so ask when you book. The listing so far is PRONASIDA's own counselling and laboratory service in Asunción.
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Good to know in Paraguay
- PEP in this country
The Ministry of Health says PEP is an emergency treatment started within 72 hours of a possible exposure, including unprotected sex, and taken for 28 days; that it is free throughout the country; and that it can be requested at district, regional and specialised public hospitals, which PRONASIDA supplies with emergency packs of the medication. Go to the nearest public hospital's emergency department (urgencias) as soon as you can and ask for profilaxis post exposición. The ministry does not say how this applies to visitors.
- Testing
The Ministry of Health says HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B tests are free, voluntary and confidential in its services, that rapid HIV and syphilis tests need no doctor's order or fasting, and that they are offered in all 18 health regions; in September 2026 it repeated that HIV testing is free and confidential across the public network. In Asunción, PRONASIDA's own counselling and laboratory service tests by appointment booked on WhatsApp. Fundación Vencer, the association of people living with HIV, runs a free information line (0800 118 447, WhatsApp +595 981 972 721, Monday to Friday 08:00–16:00) that can say where to test.
- Good to know
PrEP is free in Ministry of Health services and, as of February 2025, is available at ten public services: PRONASIDA, the Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Hospital General Barrio Obrero and Hospital Materno Infantil San Pablo in the Asunción area, Hospital Materno Infantil de Capiatá, and the regional hospitals of Coronel Oviedo, Concepción, Encarnación, Ciudad del Este and Pedro Juan Caballero. The ministry also offers teleconsultations to start and follow up PrEP.
City pages carry the local detail: which clinic, which hospital, and what it costs there.
PrEP in Paraguay: 1 listed clinic starts or refills PrEP; see which, and what they charge. It can also be ordered for delivery from PrEP Online.