Aidsmap

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]

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

"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[2] by Peter Scott,[5][10] who was then working for the 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. "NAM PUBLICATIONS - Charity 1011220". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  2. Morris, Martin (2017). "Aidsmap.com: A Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Information Resource". Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 21 (4): 402–409. doi:10.1080/15398285.2017.1377545. S2CID 80617999. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. Silverman, Taylor; Asante, Nicole; van den Berg, Jacob J (2018-10-16). "Quality of HIV Websites With Information About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis or Treatment as Prevention for Men Who Have Sex With Men: Systematic Evaluation". JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 4 (4): e11384. doi:10.2196/11384. ISSN 2369-2960. PMC 6231722. PMID 30327291.
  4. Shelling, Gene M. (2006). AIDS Policies and Programs. Nova Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60021-217-8.
  5. "Archives of NAM (National AIDS Manual)". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  6. Anthony, Pinching (1993). "Book reviews". Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 27 (1): 88–89. 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. "Medicine and the Media". British Medical Journal. 310 (6979): 607. 1995-03-04. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2548979.
  11. "HIV & AIDS Information :: Thirty years on". aidsmap.com. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  12. "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. "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. Berridge, Virginia (2002). "AIDS and the rise of the patient? Activist organisation and HIV/AIDS in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s". Medizin, Gesellschaft, und Geschichte: Jahrbuch des Instituts für Geschichte der Medizin der Robert Bosch Stiftung. 21: 109–123. ISSN 0939-351X. PMID 13677353.
  17. "AIDS Treatment Update : 15% discount to NAM Manual subscribers / NAM". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  18. Lau, R. K. (1996). "Genitourinary medicine and the Internet. No 2". Sexually Transmitted Infections. 72 (5): 380–381. doi:10.1136/sti.72.5.380. PMC 1195710. PMID 8976859.
  19. "NOTES". British Medical Journal. 304 (6828): 718.2. 1992-03-14. doi:10.1136/bmj.304.6828.718-e. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1881552.
  20. "aidsmap.com : the direct route to information on aids / NAM, British HIV Association". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  21. "Great Britain launches new Aids web site". The Nation. Vol. 23. Thailand. Reuters. 1998 [24 Jun 1998]. p. 8.
  22. Shafer, R. W.; Deresinski, S. C. (2000). "Human Immunodeficiency Virus on the Web: A Guided Tour". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 31 (2): 568–577. doi:10.1086/313952. PMC 2573401. 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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