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Aidsmap
Formation1987
FounderPeter Scott
PurposeIndependent, accurate & accessible information about HIV
HeadquartersUnited Kingdom
Executive Director
Matthew Hodson
Websitewww.aidsmap.com
Formerly called
National Aids Manual

Aidsmap, also known as NAM aidsmap, is a website which publishes independent, accurate and accessible information and news about HIV and AIDS.[1][2][3][4] The aidsmap website is run by a charity based in the United Kingdom, NAM.[1]

"NAM" originally stood for "national AIDS manual" and referred to a 1987 compendium of all information about HIV published for non-scientists in England.[5][6][2][7] Since aidsmap became an international organisation,[3] NAM is no longer used as an acronym and there is no longer any particular "aids manual" being maintained.[8][9][2]

NAM aidsmap's vision is a world where HIV is no longer a threat to health or happiness.

Timeline of work

NAM was founded in 1987

London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard. He was seeking to address the public's demand for a source of information about HIV.[11]

Subsequent Directors were Will Anderson (to 1996),[12] Colin Nee (1996–2001),[12][13] Caspar Thomson (2001–2016)[14][12] and Matthew Hodson (2016–present).[14][15][12]

In 1992 the organisation began publishing the newsletter now called the HIV Treatment Update,[16] which was designed to give patients the information they need to help direct their choices for HIV treatment.[11][17][18][19]

In 1998 aidsmap.com was launched as an online resource[2][20][21] for all printed materials. It was a partnership project involving NAM and The British HIV Association,[21][20][22] and later the International HIV/AIDS Alliance. The original site editors were Edward King[23] and Keith Alcorn.[24]

In 2006 aidsmap.com was awarded first prize in the Patient Information Website category of the 2006 British Medical Association’s (BMA) Medical Books Competition.[25]

In 2019, NAM aidsmap launched its new aidsmap website after a major redevelopment project.[26]

In December 2019, aidsmapLIVE, an HIV information series broadcast on NAM's social media channels, won both the Innovation and Media award at the nOscars, hosted by Naz Project London.[27][28]

References

  1. ^ a b "NAM PUBLICATIONS - Charity 1011220". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  2. ^
    S2CID 80617999
    . Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ^
    PMID 30327291
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  4. ISBN 978-1-60021-217-8
    .
  5. ^ a b "Archives of NAM (National AIDS Manual)". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  6. PMC 5396607
    .
  7. ^ Mann, Cass (1998) [16 October]. "Aids charity 'should not have lost its funding'". The Kingston Informer. p. 4.
  8. ^ "HIV & AIDS Information :: Who we are - Our name". aidsmap.com. 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Sex Talk". www.sextalk.radio. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  10. PMC 2548979
    .
  11. ^ a b "HIV & AIDS Information :: Thirty years on". aidsmap.com. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  12. ^ a b c d "NAM PUBLICATIONS filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  13. ^ Weatherburn, P., et al. "What do you need? 2001-02: findings from a national survey of people living with HIV." (2002).
  14. ^ a b "Meet Matthew Hodson, the New Executive Director of NAM". POZ. 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  15. ^ "This year's 30 charity leaders on social media: be bold to succeed". The Guardian. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  16. PMID 13677353
    .
  17. ^ "AIDS Treatment Update : 15% discount to NAM Manual subscribers / NAM". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  18. PMID 8976859
    .
  19. PMC 1881552
    .
  20. ^ a b "aidsmap.com : the direct route to information on aids / NAM, British HIV Association". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  21. ^ a b "Great Britain launches new Aids web site". The Nation. Vol. 23. Thailand. Reuters. 1998 [24 Jun 1998]. p. 8.
  22. PMID 10987723
    .
  23. ^ "Edward King Archive". Bishopsgate Institute. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  24. ^ "An introduction to aidsmap.com : HIV treatment information on the world wide web / Keith Alcorn". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  25. ^ "Electronic patient information awards announced". Digital Health. 2006-09-13. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  26. ^ "Welcome to the new aidsmap". aidsmap.com. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  27. ^ Naz Project London [@nazprojectlondon] (18 December 2019). "@aidsmap have won the INNOVATION AWARD! CONGRATS!!" – via Instagram.
  28. ^ Naz Project London [@nazprojectlondon] (18 December 2019). "@aidsmap have won the MEDIA AWARD! CONGRATS!!" – via Instagram. .

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