Open Letter on Responding to Monkeypox in Nova Scotia

SHNS collaborated with ACNS, CBRC, and HSHC, as well as individual community members to develop the following open letter addressing the provincial government of Nova Scotia’s response to Monkeypox. Since then, the provincial government has collaborated with HSHC to open Nova Scotia’s first pre-exposure vaccine clinic. The open letter can be read here. More information […]

Transformation Closet

We are so excited to reopen the Transformation Closet! The Transformation Closet provides free gender-affirming gear to folks around Nova Scotia. As we have expanded this program over the past few years we have seen how necessary of a resource this program is.   If you, or someone you know, could benefit from this program, […]

SHNS Statement on Youth Services

Click here to view our recent statement on sexual and gender-affirming health services for youth available through our network of sexual health centres across the province.  You can also view our guide to SHNS Youth Services here.

Test Now – HIV Self-Testing Project!

Test Now: Community Edition Finding it hard to get tested? Test Now: Community Edition provides free HIV Self-Test kits to gay, bi, trans, Two-Spirit, and queer (GBT2Q) men, and non-binary people. These single-use test kits detect HIV antibodies in minutes using a drop of blood ⎯ and getting one is as simple as contacting us […]

Essential Sexual Health Video!

We recently recorded a short video of interviews with staff from the six sexual health centres in our provincial network, to discuss what “essential sexual health” has looked like during the pandemic. Inclusive, comprehensive, accessible sexual and reproductive health care is essential – always! Essential Sexual Health Video

Sexual & Reproductive Health Week!

It’s that time again – Sexual & Reproductive Health Week! We celebrate this week annually with Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights, which Sexual Health NS is an affiliate of. Here is some info from Action Canada on the significance of the week and this year’s theme: “Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week (SRH […]