Aidsmap

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, was a website which published independent, accurate and accessible information and news about HIV and AIDS.[1][2][3][4] The aidsmap website was run by a charity based in the United Kingdom, NAM.[1] The site closed in July 2024 due to challenges securing funding.[5]

"NAM" originally stood for "national AIDS manual" and referred to a 1987 compendium of all information about HIV published for non-scientists in England.[6][7][2][8] Since aidsmap became an international organisation,[3] NAM was no longer used as an acronym and there was no longer any particular "aids manual" being maintained.[9][10][2]

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

  1. ^ a b "NAM PUBLICATIONS - Charity 1011220". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ "Thank you and farewell". July 2024.
  6. ^ "Archives of NAM (National AIDS Manual)". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  7. ^ Anthony, Pinching (1993). "Book reviews". Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 27 (1): 88–89. PMC 5396607.
  8. ^ Mann, Cass (1998) [16 October]. "Aids charity 'should not have lost its funding'". The Kingston Informer. p. 4.
  9. ^ "HIV & AIDS Information :: Who we are - Our name". aidsmap.com. 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Sex Talk". www.sextalk.radio. Retrieved 2022-09-21.