Full title of the organization and abbreviation

HERA - Association for health education and research

Location of operating

Skopje/Nationwide

Target groups which the organization works with:

Female Roma population, key population groups affected by HIV (men having sexual intercourse with men, sex workers, people injecting drugs), people living with HIV, women and children – victims of violence, perpetrators of violent acts, women from rural areas, LGBTI and people with disabilities.

Assistance and services the organization offers

  1. Youth Center ‘I want to know’ Shuto Orizari:
    • Diagnostics of sexually transmitted infections among women (gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, candida) through PAP test and other microbiological tests
    • Counselling and administering therapy and contraception (condoms, spiral, oral contraceptives and emergency contraceptive pills)
    • Counselling on planned parenthood and prevention of unintended pregnancy, bimanual examination and echo sounding examination, pregnancy tests
    • Diagnostics and treatment of sexually transmitted infections among men (syphilis, gonorrhea, and HPV)
    • HIV testing and counselling
    • Services by social worker and psychologist
    • Peer HIV education and sexual and reproductive health
    • Legal aid and support by a legal counsellor and paralegals from the Roma community
    • Distribution of condoms, lubricants and educational materials
    • Counselling regarding prevention on drug abuse
  2. Youth Center ‘I want to know’ Vodno:
    • Diagnostics of sexually transmitted infections among women (gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, candida) through PAP test and other microbiological tests
    • Counselling and administering therapy and contraception (condoms, spiral, oral contraceptives and emergency contraceptive pills)
    • Counselling on planned parenthood and prevention of unintended pregnancy, bimanual examination and echo sounding examination, pregnancy tests
    • Diagnostics and treatment of sexually transmitted infections among men (syphilis, gonorrhea, and HPV)
    • HIV testing and counselling
    • Services by a psychologist
    • Peer HIV education and sexual and reproductive health
    • Distribution of condoms, lubricants and educational materials
    • Counselling regarding prevention on drug abuse
  3. First family center of the city of Skopje
    Psycho-social support, counselling and legal aid for the families with confrontational relations or gender-based violence and domestic violence. Not only the Center offers individual, group and family counselling conducted by psychotherapists, but it also offers social rights counselling, guidance and accompaniment to relevant institutions and organizations, as well as legal aid and support.
  4. M1. Mobile gynaecology outpatient clinic
    • Diagnostics of sexually transmitted infections (gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, candida) through PAP test and other microbiological tests
    • Administering therapy and contraception (condoms, spiral, oral contraceptives and emergency contraceptive pills)
    • Counselling on planned parenthood and prevention of unintended pregnancy, bimanual examination and echo sounding examination, pregnancy tests
    • Counselling on contemporary contraception (condoms, spiral, oral contraceptive pills and emergency contraceptive pills)
    • Distribution of condoms, lubricants and educational materials
  5. Mobile outpatient clinics for HIV testing
    • Pre-test counsellling (information regarding the risk and HIV prevention)
    • Rapid HIV testing
    • Post-tets counselling (information regarding risk reduction, starting from HIV transmission in the future, support and cross-reference to psycho-social support service for people living with HIV if necessary
    • Distribution of condoms, lubricants and informative materials

Office hours

  1. Youth Center ‘I want to know’ – Shuto Orizari
    workdays from 9 am to 4 pm
  2. Youth Center ‘I want to know’ – Vodno
    workdays from Monday to Thursday from 11 am to 6 pm and Fridays from 9 am to 4 pm
  3. First family center of the city of Skopje
    workdays from 9 am to 7 pm

Services:

  1. Youth Center ‘I want to know’ – Shuto Orizari
    street number omitted Indira Gandi street (Health Center in Shuto Orizari)
    02/2651-955
  2. Youth Center ‘I want to know’ – Vodno
    2 Elisie Popovski Marko, 1000 Skopje
    02/3176-950
  3. First family center of the city of Skopje
    50 Kosturski heroi street
    02/3200 007
    infopsc@hera.org.mk
  1. M1. Mobile gynaecology outpatient clinic
    hera@hera.org.mk
  2. Mobile outpatient clinic for HIV testing and counselling
    hivtest@hera.org.mk

Contact information

HERA - Association for health education and research

51a/26 Franklin Ruzvelt street, 1000 Skopje

Phone: +389 (0)2 3290 395

Fax: +389 (0)2 2556 002

E-mail:

Website: www.hera.org.mk

  1. Youth Center ‘I want to know’ – Shuto Orizari
    street number omitted Indira Gandi street (Health Center in Shuto Orizari)
    02/2651-955
  2. Youth Center ‘I want to know’ – Vodno
    2 Elisie Popovski Marko, 1000 Skopje
    02/3176-950
  3. First family center of the city of Skopje
    50 Kosturski heroi street
    02/3200 007 infopsc@hera.org.mk
  4. M1. Mobile gynaecology outpatient clinic
    hera@hera.org.mk
  5. Mobile outpatient clinic for HIV testing and counselling
    hivtest@hera.org.mk