Sexual Health and STI Treatment

Health care providers can use our Treatment Guidelines for Sexually Transmitted Infections quick reference guide and follow the Canadian Guidelines on STIs from the Public Health Agency of Canada. Also, for HIV, refer to Ontario's Guidelines for Providers Offering HIV Testing.

Order STI medication

Please call us to order medications for chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, or download the STI medication order form to fax. You can also call us to order immunizations for hepatitis A and hepatitis B as required for patients infected with hepatitis B or hepatitis C and/or their eligible contacts.

Reportable diseases

View the workflow for positive chlamydia and/or gonorrhea cases and find reportable disease forms on our infectious diseases and reporting page.

Support your patients with GetaKit

Southwestern Public Health is partnering with GetaKit, a program offering free and discreet at-home STI self-testing for Ontario residents aged 18 and older. This initiative provides a convenient testing option, especially for individuals facing barriers to traditional services.

Kits are mailed for at-home self-testing, or participants can choose to have a lab requisition printed or sent directly to the lab of their choice. Results are available online as soon as two days after the test is submitted.

Learn more or direct your patients to register at getakit.ca.

Patient resources

• Fact sheet: Azithromycin
• Fact sheet: Ceftriaxone
• Fact sheet: Chlamydia
• Fact sheet: Gonorrhea

Sexual Health Team emails

• Email the Sexual Health Team in St. Thomas
• Email the Sexual Health Team in Woodstock