Useful Addresses – Finland

1. Health Service Providers
2. NGO’s

1. Health Service Providers

Helsinki
Turku
Tampere

Helsinki

The Helsinki City Hospital
Department for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Fon +358 (0)9 310 65 800
Mechelininkatu 46, 3. floor
00250 Helsinki
Homepage www.hel.fi/tervv/english/services/sexual_diseases.html

Office hours
Information and appointments
MON 13.30 to 19.30
TUE – FRI 8.00 to 14.30

In acute cases without appointment
MON 13.30 to 17.00
TUE – FRI 8.00 to 11.00

Offers

  • STD & HIV tests, also to migrant sex workers if they can tell some address in Helsinki.
  • The Outpatient Department for Sexually Transmitted Diseases accepts patients residing in Helsinki. No referral is needed. Treatment is provided free of charge. An appointment is recommended.
  • Languages: Finnish, Swedish and English

Turku

The Turku University Hospital (TYKS)
Department for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8
20520 Turku
Fon +358 (0)2 3130 000
E-mail ihotautiklinikka@tyks.fi

Offers

  • STD and HIV tests
  • Languages: Finnish, Swedish and English

Tampere

The Tampere University Hospital (TAYS)
Department for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

(Sukupuolitautien poliklinikka)
Teiskontie 35
33521 Tampere
Fon +358 (0)3 247 5164

Offers

  • STD and HIV tests
  • Languages: Finnish and English

2. NGO’s

Helsinki
Tampere
Kuopio
Lahti
Oulu
Turku
Joensuu
Jyväskylä
Seinäjoki

Helsinki

Prostitute Counselling Centre / Pro-Tukipiste

Vilhonkatu 4B 20
FI-00100 Helsinki
Fon +358 (0)9 7262 877 or
Fon +358 (0)9 6842 5570 (Russian & Estonian)
Fax + 358 (0)9 7231 0250
Homepage www.pro-tukipiste.fi
E-mail toimisto@pro-tukipiste.fi

Office hours
MON 12.00 to 16.00
THU 12.00 to 16.00

Offers

  • Clinical work, Drop in
  • Medical services (STD/HIV tests, check ups, information about contraception etc.)
  • Social services, counselling and information (individually or in groups)
  • Food on Mondays and Thursdays
  • Coffee & tea
  • Peer conversations
  • Therapeutic discussions and consultations individually or in groups
  • Information materials in 15 languages
  • Distribution of condoms & lubricants
  • Outreach work in sex bars and street prostitution area
  • All services are free of charge and anonymous
  • Languages: Finnish, English, Estonian, Russian and Swedish
Finnish Association for Mental Health Crisis Prevention Centre

Simonkatu 12 B
00100 Helsinki
Fon + 358 (0)9 685 2828
Fax + 358 (0)9 685 21 31

Office hours
From 9.00 to 15.00
It is necessary to make an appointment.

Offers

  • The crisis prevention centre for foreigners works to help all foreigners living in Finland as well as their families to cope with psychological and social problems.
    The client can discuss their problems in the own language (directly or through interpreter). Quick and flexible assistance. The client does not need to give his/her name.
  • Services are free of charge.
The Finnish AIDS Council

Hietaniemenkatu 5
00100 Helsinki
Fon help line +358 (0)9 454 3536
Fon switchboard +358 (0)9 454 2070
Fax +358 (0)9 454 20 760
Homepage www.aidscouncil.fi
E-mail Hki@aidscouncil.fi

Offers

  • support and psychosocial help to those who are already infected and those who just suspect they could have been infected or are in a high risk of becoming infected
  • standard HIV antibody tests
  • confidential counselling
  • distribution of condoms and lubricants
  • All services are anonymous and free of charge
  • Languages: Finnish, Swedish and English
Finnish Service for Crime Victims / Rikosuhripäivystys

Central office
Fon +358 (0)9-6123232
Homepage www.rikosuhripaivystys.fi/finnish.html
E-mail petra.kjallman@rikosuhripaivystys

Offers
Personal support for victims of crime in local offices (there are ten regional offices in Finland, more information from the central office.

National Help Line

Help Line: +358 (0)203-16116

Office hours
MON – TUE 13.00 – 21.00
WED – FRI 17.00 – 21.00

Offers
Practical advice and psychological support

Juridical Advice

Fon +358 (0)203-16117

Office hours
MON – THU 17.00 to 19.00, local call charge only

Offers

  • Legal advice by phone offers victims the chance to find out their legal rights and to receive guidance in such matters. The legal advice service is meant for individual citizens who have become victims of crimes. The volunteer lawyers providing the service give general practical advice, e.g. how to get something done and where to turn for help. The objective is to recognise the rights of the victims and to advise them in finding suitable.
  • Languages: Finnish, Swedish and English
Rape Crisis Centre Tukinainen

P.O. Box 1346
00101 Helsinki
Fon office +358 (0)9 5860 360
Fax +358 (0)9 685 1979

Offers
Professional help for coping with sexual abuse and violence. Tukinainen, the crisis centre for women who have been sexually assaulted, provides support and guidance for women and girls who have been sexually assaulted and/ or abused.

National Free Crisis Telephone

Fon 0800 – 97899

Office hours
MON – THU 09.00 – 17.00
FRi – SUN 17.00 – 24.00
(also on holidays and holiday eves)

Offers
Confidential conversation and information about sexual abuse and violence. Personal appointments, information about groups and weekend courses. The employees of Tukinainen are all women. The therapeutic and legal services of Tukinainen are free of charge.

National Free Legal Consultation

Fon 0800 – 97895

Office hours
MON – THU 14.00 to 17.00

Offers

  • Information about crimes (such as rape, violence against women in a close relationships, sexual abuse of children, molestation, restraining orders). Personal appointments, support and legal assistance.
  • Languages: Finnish, Swedish and English
Women’s Line

Mannerheimintie 76 B
00250 Helsinki
Fon +358 (0)9 436 1008
Homepage 
www.naistenlinja.com/index/womensline.htm
E-mail office@finnishwomenline.com

National Help Line

Fon 0800 0 2400

Office hours
MON – THU 16.00 to 20.00
MON 16.00 to 20.00 in Swedish

Offers

  • Advice and support to girls and women, who have experienced or are experiencing violence or threat of violence.
  • Languages: Finnish, Swedish and English
“Caisa” / The International Cultural Centre

Kaisaniemenkatu 6 B, 2. floor
00100 Helsinki
Fon +358 (0)9 169 3984 (office)
Homepage kulttuuri.hel.fi/caisa/index_en.html

Offers

  • Its aim is to support the multicultural development of the city by promoting the interaction of people from different countries, and by providing information about various cultures and about Finnish society.
  • Languages: Finnish, Swedish, English, Somali, Russian, French and Arabic

Tampere

AIDS Council

Fon +358 (0)3 3142 9500
Fax +358 (0)3 3142 9530
E-mail Tre@aidscouncil.fi

Offers

  • support and psychosocial help to those who are already infected and those who just suspect they could have been infected or are in a high risk of becoming infected
  • standard HIV antibody tests
  • confidential counselling
  • all services are anonymous and free of charge
  • condoms and lubricants
  • Languages: Finnish and English
Women’s Shelter / Naisten Suojakoti Ry

Terhokuja 5
33840 Tampere
Fon +358 (0)3 3140 0411
Fax +358 (0)3 3140 0440
E-mail suojakot@sci.fi

Offers

  • Support to women who are drug/alcohol abusers and/or have experiences of violence. The shelter has a variety of accommodations where women can stay for longer or shorter periods. The women are either referred to the shelter by the municipality or contact the shelter themselves.
  • Languages: Finnish, Swedish, English and Russian

Kuopio

AIDS Council

Koljonniemenkatu 2
70100 Kuopio
Fon +358 (0)17 262 2399
Fax +358 (0)17 262 2396
E-mail Kuopio@aidscouncil.fi

Offers

  • support and psychosocial help to those who are already infected and those who just suspect they could have been infected or are in a high risk of becoming infected
  • standard HIV antibody tests
  • confidential counselling
  • all services are anonymous and free of charge
  • condoms and lubricants
  • Languages: Finnish and English
Finnish Red Cross –”Plus Point”

Tulliportinkatu 52
70100 Kuopio

Office hours
WED 17.00 to 19.00

Offers

  • Discussions and counselling about hepatitis c, HIV/AIDS
  • HIV tests
  • Personal support
  • All services are anonymous and free of charge
  • Languages: Finnish and English

Lahti

AIDS Council

Mariankatu 11
15111 Lahti
Fon +358 (0)3 752 1441 office
Fax +358 (0)3 783 069
Hot line: +358 (0)3 752 1747
Homepage www.neuvokas.org/aidstuki.html
E-mail Lahti@aidscouncil.fi

Office hours
MON – FRI 10.00 to 15.00

Offers

  • support and psychosocial help to those who are already infected and those who just suspect they could have been infected or are in a high risk of becoming infected
  • standard HIV antibody tests
  • confidential counselling
  • distribution of condoms and lubricants
  • All services are anonymous and free of charge
  • Languages: Finnish and English

Oulu

AIDS Council

Kirkkokatu 11 B 23
90100 Oulu
Fon Help line: +358 (0)8 379 458, office +358 (0)8 379 398
Fax +358 (0)8 379 485
E-mail Oulu@aidscouncil.fi

Offers

  • support and psychosocial help to those who are already infected and those who just suspect they could have been infected or are in a high risk of becoming infected
  • standard HIV antibody tests
  • confidential counselling
  • distribution of condoms and lubricants
  • All services are anonymous and free of charge
  • Languages: Finnish and English

Turku

AIDS Council

Fon +358 (0)2 279 6650
Fax +358 (0)2 279 6653
E-mail Turku@aidscouncil.fi

Offers

  • support and psychosocial help to those who are already infected and those who just suspect they could have been infected or are in a high risk of becoming infected
  • standard HIV antibody tests
  • confidential counselling
  • all services are anonymous and free of charge
  • condoms and lubricants
  • Languages: Finnish and English

Joensuu

Finnish Red Cross –”Plus Point”

Kauppakatu 35
80100 Joensuu
Fon +358 (0)13 226 336

Office hours
TUE 17.00 to 19.00

Offers

  • Discussions and counselling about hepatitis c, HIV/AIDS
  • Anonymous HIV tests, free of charge
  • Personal support
  • Languages: Finnish and English

Jyväskylä

Finnish Red Cross –”Plus Point”

Sammonkatu 4
40100 Jyväskylä
Fon +358 (0)14 621 558
E-mail jkl.pluspiste@co.jyu.fi

Office hours
TUE 17.00 to 20.00

Offers

  • Discussions and counselling about hepatitis c, HIV/AIDS
  • Anonymous HIV tests, free of charge
  • Personal support
  • Languages: Finnish and English

Seinäjoki

Finnish Red Cross –”Plus Point”

Koulukatu 22
60100 Seinäjoki
Fon +358 (0)6 4148 555

Office hours
TUE 17.00 to 20.00

Offers

  • Discussions and counselling about hepatitis c, HIV/AIDS
  • Anonymous HIV tests, free of charge
  • Personal support
  • Languages: Finnish and English
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