People in Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington County can now get a kit sent to their home to test for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

Patrick O'Byrne a professor at the University of Ottawa who is also a nurse practitioner and who developed the GetAKit program. He says they make it easier for people who may feel stigmatized or who may face barriers to getting tested.

The kits offer free laboratory-based testing for STIs including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and hepatitis C, a…