Health Canada has approved a vaccine against 4 strains of the “Human papillomavirus”:/infections/genital-warts/. It is now available in Canadian pharmacies. Various medical associations are currently working on guidelines for the use of this vaccine.
Read all about this break through at “Sexuality and U”:http://www.sexualityandu.ca/media-room/media-advisories-18-07-2006.aspx or see our section on “Gardasil”:/infections/genital-warts/.
Island Sexual Health Community Health Care Centre is a non-profit agency that has served the Greater Victoria, Vancouver Island, and Gulf Islands communities since 1969. ISHS was formerly a part of Planned Parenthood, and became an independent society in 1986. We are privileged to provide clinical and education services to more than 40,000 people in Greater Victoria yearly.
We are so excited about partnering with the Tsawout Nation to offer a sexual health clinic on Wednesdays evenings from 5-8pm. The clinic operates on a drop in basis Wednesday evenings from 5-8 pm in the Tsawout Health Department at 7728 Tetayut Road and is open to anyone of aboriginal descent. We offer: Pap and…
Did you know that we have a small but mighty youth committee that provides feedback and direction to the organization on how to be as engaging to and supportive of youth as possible? We absolutely do and we’re looking for more youth to join us. We are looking for youth between 15-20 years of age…
We apologize for the inconvenience but Mirena IUDs are currently out of stock at our Quadra Street location. Until we receive our next shipment, we will be giving patients an outside prescription for clients to pick up their IUD and bring it along with them to their insertion appointment. It’s a good idea to compare prices…
Once again, we are thrilled to be involved with the Pride Festival Activities in Victoria July 1-8th! Look for us in the parade and at the festival at MacDonald Park on Sunday the 8th of July. We’ll be handing out candy, condoms, and other goodies – stop by and see us! For more info on the amazing…
Our Quadra Street clinic will be closed all day Saturday, January 30th and until 1pm on Friday, February 5th so our staff can attend training to be able to serve you better. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
Join us on Monday July 27th from 5:30-7:30 at Charming Charlie at Uptown for a fundraiser. There will be some appetizers, some super fun and funky accessories to try on and best of all 10% of all proceeds during this time go to support sexual health care and services for our clients! So really, what else…
