Riaan 
I-New York
CNN
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Grindruhlelo lokusebenza lokuqomisana lwe-LGBTQ+ oludumile, lusebenzisana nohlelo lokusabalalisa ukuhlolwa kwe-HIV kwamahhala ekhaya njengengxenye yohlelo olusha lwezempilo yomphakathi.
Manje, ngaphakathi kwemenyu enkulu yohlelo lokusebenza, abasebenzisi abazinze e-US bazobona inkinobho entsha “Yokuhlolwa Kwasekhaya Kwe-HIV Kwamahhala”. Abantu aba-oda bazothola ikhithi ye-OraQuick: ukuhlolwa okugunyazwe yi-FDA, okutholakala ekhawunteni elisebenza ngokuswayipha izinsini. Ukuhlolwa kubonisa imiphumela phakathi nemizuzu engama-20.
Uhlelo lwezempilo yomphakathi lokusabalalisa lezi zivivinyo zamahhala ngu ebizwa ngokuthi “Together TakeMeHome,” a ubambiswano olusha ehlanganisa iCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University kanye neBuilding Healthy Online Communities, inhlanganisela yezinhlelo zezempilo zomphakathi kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza zokuphola izitabane.
Grindr uchaze ku-a okuthunyelwe kwebhulogi ukuthi ukufinyelela ekuhloleni i-HIV “kungenye yemikhawulo emikhulu ekulweni nobhadane lwe-HIV oluqhubekayo.” Igciwane lesandulela ngculaza lisaqhubeka nokuba nomthelela kongqingili, i-bi kanye ne-trans community Okuningi kunamanye amaqembu amaningi.
Kuze kube manje, uhlelo lwe-Together TakeMeHome selunikeze izinsiza zokuhlola i-HIV eziyi-125,000, kusho u-Grindr eposini lakhe le-blog, wengeza ngokuthi ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yalawo makhithi ithunyelwe kubantu abayohlola okokuqala ngqa, “okukhombisa amandla kanye nokusha okuzayo okuzayo. ekuhlanganiseni laba ababambisene ndawonye.” Inhloso wukunikeza amakhithi ayisigidi eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo kanti uGrindr unethemba lokuthi lolu hlelo luzosatshalaliswa nakwamanye amazwe.
Lolu hlelo luthole ama-oda angaphezu kwe-10,000 ngosuku lwalo lokuqala, ngokusho kwe-Emory University.
A Umbiko we-CDC ka-2019 bathole ukuthi bangaphansi kuka-40% abantu base-United States abaye bahlolelwa i-HIV. Incoma ukuthi bonke abantu abaneminyaka engu-13 kuya ku-64 bahlolwe okungenani kanye. Kulabo abahlolelwe i-HIV, i-CDC incoma ukufuna ukwelashwa ngokushesha ngenani lemithi etholakalayo manje.
Ukulungiswa: I-Grindr, enabasebenzisi abasebenzayo ababalelwa ezigidini eziyi-12, yaba inkampani ehwebelana esidlangalaleni ngo-2022. Amasheya akhuphuke cishe ngo-30% ngonyaka.
Inguqulo yangaphambilini yalesi sihloko ichaze ngokungalungile ezinye izici zohlelo lukaGrindr. Uhlelo lokusebenza lusebenzisana ne-Together TakeMeHome, esabalalisa amakhithi okuhlola. Ngalolo budlelwano, uhlelo lwathola ama-oda angaphezu kuka-10,000 ngosuku lwalo lokuqala.
