We encourage everyone to use condoms and schedule a check-up if you suspect you have an STD.

Useful Links

More information in Icelandic language on the Icelandiclanguage site

• https://www.iwantprepnow.co.uk/

• https://samtokin78.is/

• Sexually transmitted diseases | Ísland.is

• https://www.rfsu.se/sex-och-relationer/for-dig-som-undrar/konssjukdomar-och-hiv/

• https://www.cdc.gov/std/

Vaccination

Hepatitis C – no vaccine available.

HPV (human papilloma virus):

Gardasil is given to adolescents from the age of nine to protect against the following diseases caused by certain types of HPV (human papillomavirus):

• Precancerous lesions in the cervix, vulva, vagina, and anus.

• Cervical and anal cancers.

• Genital warts.

See more information about Gardasil on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) website.

Cervarix is given to adolescents from the age of nine to protect against the following diseases caused by certain types of HPV (human papillomavirus):

• Cancer of the cervix or anus.

• Precancerous lesions (abnormal cell growth) in the genital area (cervix, vulva, vagina, or anus).

See more information about Cervarix on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) website.