A New App Offers Community for Young POC Living With HIV

Positive Peers launched a private social educational hub where young adults can find support and information from contemporaries and medical professionals.

N. JAMIYLA CHISHOLM
APR 6, 2020 12:20PM ET

In the age of social distancing, peer support has become increasingly important. To fill the void for young people of color, ages 13-34, who are HIV-positive, Positive Peers launched a new smartphone app, created by and for people with HIV, to help them connect to a supportive community and healthcare professionals.

Based in Cleveland, the private app was made possible via a 2015 grant that MetroHealth was awarded from the HIV/AIDS Bureau in the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, to better help people stay on top of their HIV-medications. As a result of this support system, the Positive Peers’ website says that its community is three times more likely to achieve viral suppression.

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