LINCS (Linkage, Integration, Navigation, and Comprehensive Services) is San Francisco’s team of sexual health specialists who can connect you to HIV Care and sexual health services.
These services include access to testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV, and sexual health education. We are here to help you and your partners get the care that is needed through our partner services and navigation services.
To make sure you get the services you need, our sexual health specialists will:
It can be difficult to let your partners know that you have HIV or were diagnosed with an STI, which is why we provide partner services.
A sexual health specialist from our team can help with:
Giving your partners the opportunity to get tested and treated will help lower the STI rates in your community and can help prevent you from getting an STI again.
Visit our FAQs page for tips on talking with your sex partners and self-disclosing. Check out these videos with examples on what it can be like to talk with your partner or for your partner to receive a call by our team.
Our team can help you navigate insurance and find a doctor you can trust at a clinic convenient for you. We can support with your medications to keep your viral load low and undetectable so you cannot transmit HIV (U=U).
Call LINCS if you are living with HIV and out of care.
If you recently tested positive for HIV, syphilis, or other STI and have questions, or are living with HIV and need help finding care, please contact the LINCS team.
"I have been able to successfully manage my sexual activities as an adult with the help of the staff at City Clinic.”
~ Peter
If you recently tested positive for HIV or syphilis and have questions, or need help finding HIV care, please contact LINCS. Call 628-217-6608 and leave a confidential message so we can help you get medication and answer any questions.
