Aidsmap
Encyclopedia
aidsmap, also known as the NAM aidsmap, is a website which summarizes HIV and AIDS news for a layman audience.
. He was seeking to address the public's demand for a source of information about HIV.
In 1992 the organization began publishing the newsletter now called the HIV Treatment Update, which was designed to give patients the information they need to help direct their choices for HIV treatment.
In 1998 aidsmap.com was launched as an online resource for all printed materials.
Name
"NAM" originally stood for "national AIDS manual" and referred to a 1987 compendium of all information about HIV published for non-scientists in England. Since aidsmap became an international organization, NAM is no longer used as an acronym and there is no longer any particular "aids manual" being maintained.Timeline of work
aidsmap was founded in 1987 by Peter Scott, who was then working for the London Lesbian and Gay SwitchboardLondon Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
The London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard is the oldest gay and lesbian telephone help line in the UK, based in London.LLGS was founded in March 1974, providing help and information to London's gay community...
. He was seeking to address the public's demand for a source of information about HIV.
In 1992 the organization began publishing the newsletter now called the HIV Treatment Update, which was designed to give patients the information they need to help direct their choices for HIV treatment.
In 1998 aidsmap.com was launched as an online resource for all printed materials.