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USERS OF A popular dating app can now order HIV testing kits on the platform.
Grindr, a location-based meet-up app for gay and trans men, has partnered with HIV Ireland to facilitate the distribution of at-home tests.
Ireland is the first country outside of the United States where the app will run the initiative.
The aim is to increase accessibility to self-testing “at a place and time of one’s own choosing”, Stephen O’Hare, Executive Director of HIV Ireland said.
Ordering a test within the Grindr app takes less than three minutes.
Users of the service can also avail of dedicated outreach and support services, including referral for treatment if required, from HIV Ireland’s MPOWER programme for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
Jack Harrison-Quintana, Director of Grindr for Equality said: “For the past eight years, it has been my personal goal to figure out how to increase access to HIV testing for Grindr users, and of all the things I’ve experimented with, embedding in-app links to home test kits has emerged as the most powerful strategy by a considerable margin.
“I could not be more excited to launch this partnership in Ireland and to take it around the world.”
The initiative is part of European HIV testing week.
In addition to this partnership, HIV self-tests are available to be picked up at the Dublin Pride Hub and rapid HIV tests will be available throughout the week in popular gay bars and community venues in Dublin, including Pantibar, The George, and Outhouse.
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An Post is great. My Polish friend had a letter delivered with just his name and the town on it, no street address. He still got it. Really friendly too in the offices. Big respect An Post.
It’s not the norm and I think anything that throws a curveball during your normal working day is a positive, mentally speaking.
The less curveballs the better.Most people just want to do their job and go home.
I like to have fun in work. I spend a third of the day there. I also make a really good bed. I spend another third of the day there. I like to treat myself, all the time.
The arrogance of this guy, thinking that An Post workers have nothing better to be doing than solving his indulgent puzzles just so he can blog about it & get some media attention.
Cheer up you grumpy ballocks! :D
I’d I’ve binned it.
People who do interesting or different things for fun are certainly a blight on our society.
I was able to solve that by looking at the thumbnail picture….
This will be how difficult it will be for everyone else to use Eircodes
When I worked for a call centre a number of years ago, a client decided to paint in oil pictures which had my address on them. I still have a few of them framed here. They are works of beauty. They were sent to me in Dublin, from addresses in Germany. Not puzzles, but little works of art.
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