Dating app Grindr is rolling out a service which allows its users to receive regular reminders to get a HIV check.
Grindr will allow its 3.3 million daily users the sign up to a service which will send them reminders to head down to their nearest sexual health clinic and get a HIV test.
The service will send a reminder every three to six months and will also point users in the direction of their nearest sexual health clinic. Grindr have also announced they will allow HIV testing clinics to advertise for free on the platform.
Last year Grindr added an option for people to display when they last got tested, the move to include reminders to get tested follows a similar service being put in place by rival Hornet.
Sexual health experts have welcomed the move, noting that the greatest risk of HIV being spread in the community is via people who are unaware that have the virus.
Those who are diagnosed and on treatment quickly have a undetectable viral load, which means there is little chance of them passing in on to another person.
Source: New York Times
