STD/HIV Services

The City of Columbia is committed to providing public health services that prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, protect against environmental hazards, promote healthy behaviors, prevent injuries and illness, assure the quality and accessibility of health services, monitor the health of the population, provide social services and promote and protect civil rights.

STD and HIV Services

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Counseling, Testing, Treatment, Prevention and Education

The Columbia/ Boone County Health Department offers a wide range of programs for the assessment and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Disease and HIV.

We also provide education and prevention activities and HIV/STD prevention resources to Central and North Eastern Missouri.

Columbia Health Department Programs

HIV Testing:

free blood, oral, or rapid result (OraQuick or Cleaview Stat-Pak) testing is available by appointment on Thursday mornings or as a walk in clinic on Thursday afternoons (1:00 til 4:00). Free syphilis testing can be done at the time of HIV testing.
anonymous and confidential
OraSure, OraQuick and Clearview HIV Stat-Pak Testing:
- the Orasure test is needleless and pain free, used mainly in outreach situations.
- OraQuick Advance produces fast (20 minutes) results. (these rapid result tests are currently not available in our STD or Family Planning Clinics)
- Standard blood tests are also available.

STD Clinic:

Clinic for the assessment and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases every Tuesday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Health Department
$10 for Boone County Residents. $20 for those from outside Boone County.
Appointments during regular business hours are also available for the same low price.

Growing with your child...a parent approach to sexuality education:

education programs offered by the Health Department especially designed for parents and their children

Hepatitis (A, B, and C):

A and B vaccine is available free to persons at higher risk or at low cost to the general public.

Community Planning for HIV Prevention:

The North Central Missouri Regional Community Advisory Group meets on a monthly basis to plan prevention activities and prioritize the use of prevention resources. Look here for the Regional Advisory group minutes.

Health Education and Risk Reduction (HERR):

speakers on HIV and STD prevention and prevention program assistance are available to community organizations, businesses, religious and governmental institutions serving the residents of central Missouri

Contact Us:

E-Mail us confidentially with questions or concerns you may have about your health or give us a call to make an appointment or to speak to someone.

To learn more about STD's and HIV, please visit our external website directory.