Greece
| National policy | |
|---|---|
| National policy/strategy or official recommendations on HIV testing? | Yes |
| Who can administer HIV tests? | |
| Restrictions on who can legally administer HIV tests? | No |
| Which groups can legally do HIV testing? |
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| Further comments | |
| Free HIV testing | |
| HIV testing free to all who want it? | Yes for all |
| Further comments | |
| Is free HIV testing available? | Across whole country |
| Further comments | |
| 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 | mobile units |
| 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 | Individuals can give only the first letter of their name and surname. |
| 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 | no info given |
| Other key populations | |
| Needle exchange available for people who inject drugs? | Yes |
| Further comments | only at Athens and Thessaloniki Availability of needle exchange is also confirmed by information available on https://www.hri.global/global-state-of-harm-reduction |
| Opiate substitution therapy available? | Yes |
| Further comments | provided by OKANA |
| Are PWID (people who inject drugs) excluded from HIV treatment while actively using drugs? | No |
| Further comments | |
| Legal to sell sex? | Yes |
| Further comments | For further information: http://sexualrightsdatabase.org/map/21/Adult%20sex%20work/372/Greece |
| Legal to buy sex? | Yes |
| Further comments | According to one respondent Official permission is required to sell sex but is often very difficult to obtain. For further information: http://sexualrightsdatabase.org/map/21/Adult%20sex%20work/372/Greece |
| Access to HIV Treatment | |
| Free access to HIV treatment? | Yes, for some |
| Further comments | One respondent stated that some undocumented migrants have limited access to services. |
| Status and access to HIV treatment and care in your country | |
| Access to HIV treatment restricted for certain populations with HIV? | Yes |
| Which groups are restricted? |
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| 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 but there are exceptions |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | The Greek legislation explicitly states that any individual that lives within the Greek territory has a right to access to ARV treatment. However, in practice, there are serious problems especially with regard to refugees and migrants who have restricted access to the examination and consequently to treatment, because of the special living conditions. |
| Legal treatment access: Non-EU migrants who are undocumented | Yes but there are exceptions |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | The Greek legislation explicitly states that any individual that lives within the Greek territory has a right to access to ARV treatment. However, in practice, there are serious problems especially with regard to refugees and migrants who have restricted access to the examination and consequently to treatment, because of the special living conditions. |
| Further comments | |
| About this data | |
| Last minor revision | 12 July 2016 |
| Last major revision | 5 January 2017 |
| Published | 19 January 2017 |
| Data sources | As well as responses from in-country individuals and organisations were 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 Positive Voice (www.positivevoice.gr) |