Austria
| National policy | |
|---|---|
| National policy/strategy or official recommendations on HIV testing? | No |
| Who can administer HIV tests? | |
| Restrictions on who can legally administer HIV tests? | Yes |
| Which groups can legally do HIV testing? |
|
| Further comments | All respondents agreed that any doctor/nurse and NGO with clinical supervision could carry out a test.- a doctor had to be present. One respondent additionally stated that an NGO could perform the test without clinical supervision. As of 12 December 2016 we have not been able to confirm this is possible from more than one source. |
| Free HIV testing | |
| HIV testing free to all who want it? | Yes for all |
| Further comments | |
| Is free HIV testing available? | Yes in certain places |
| Further comments | Free HIV testing is available at the 7 AIDS-hilfe organisations, however in two provinces no such local organisation exists, so there might be a problem accessing this service for those living in rural areas |
| HIV testing restrictions | |
| HIV testing access restricted for some groups/populations? | No |
| Which groups are restricted | |
| Further comments | |
| Availability of testing in non-clinical settings | |
| Is testing available in any of the following ways? | |
| Postal HIV sampling legal? | No |
| Home HIV testing legal? | No |
| Community testing at NGOs legal? | Yes |
| Community/outreach event testing legal? | Yes |
| Other | |
| Rapid tests used by community based testing services/initiatives? | Finger blood, Saliva |
| Anonymity/Confidentiality of HIV testing | |
| Anonymous testing available? | Yes |
| If yes, please give details | You can get VCT at local AIDS Hilfe. Its free and anonymous. However at a general practioner anonymity is not guaranteed unless asked for. |
| If not, why not, what sort of information is required and is there any promise of confidentiality? | |
| Discrimination & equality | |
| Legislation | |
| Legislation protecting the rights of people with HIV? | Yes |
| Further comments | Their is no PLHIV specific legislation. PLHIV are covered under other legislation such as generic patients rights and anti-discrimination laws. |
| Other key populations | |
| Needle exchange available for people who inject drugs? | Yes |
| Further comments | Availablilty of OST is also confirmed by information available on https://www.hri.global/global-state-of-harm-reduction |
| Opiate substitution therapy available? | Yes |
| Further comments | Availablilty of OST is also confirmed by information available on https://www.hri.global/global-state-of-harm-reduction |
| Are PWID (people who inject drugs) excluded from HIV treatment while actively using drugs? | No |
| Further comments | |
| Legal to sell sex? | Yes |
| Further comments | |
| Legal to buy sex? | Yes |
| Further comments | Need to be examined by an STD doctor every 6 weeks in order to get working permission. |
| Access to HIV Treatment | |
| Free access to HIV treatment? | Yes, for some |
| Further comments | Everybody who has insurance has free access. People without insurance have no access, however doctors and NGOs work together to still provide treatment for those individual cases. |
| Status and access to HIV treatment and care in your country | |
| Access to HIV treatment restricted for certain populations with HIV? | No |
| Which groups are restricted? | |
| If more than one of the above populations selected, please give more information | |
| Status | |
| Country status | EU |
| Mobility in Europe | |
| Do the following groups/populations have legal access to HIV treatment? (i.e provided on the same basis as citizens of the country) | |
| Legal treatment access: Other EU migrant nationals | Yes there is universal access |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | |
| Legal treatment access: general non-EU migrants | Yes there is universal access |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | |
| Legal treatment access: Non-EU migrants with asylum/refugee status | Yes there is universal access |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | |
| Legal treatment access: Non-EU migrants who are undocumented | No |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | Conflicting reports from respondents in this country. |
| Further comments | |
| About this data | |
| Last minor revision | 12 July 2016 |
| Last major revision | 14 December 2016 |
| Published | 13 January 2017 |
| Data sources | As well as responses from in-country individuals and organisations information was taken from the following sources:http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/aids/Pages/monitoring-dublin-declaration.aspx Sex Work Laws These included https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_by_country#Europe The Global Network of Sex Work Projects www.nswp.org and country sources and http://sexualrightsdatabase.org/map/21/Adult%20sex%20work and http://spl.ids.ac.uk/sexworklaw Drug use Needle exchange information was taken from Harm Reduction International who have an interactive tool https://www.hri.global/global-state-of-harm-reduction Criminal Law http://criminalisation.gnpplus.net has useful info about the criminal law and is searchable by country as well as http://www.hivjustice.net/site/countries/ MSM http://ilga.org/what-we-do/state-sponsored-homophobia-report/ (2016) |
| Data contacts | Responses were received from FH Joanneum (www.fh-joanneum.at), Aidshilfe Obero Sterreich (www.aidshilfe-ooe.at) and Aids Hilfe Wien (www.aids.at) |