Just diagnosed? Thinking about telling your family and friends? Have questions about treatment?

namlife.org is a brand new sub-site of aidsmap.com that will guide you through the maze of information available and help you find the answers to the questions you may find yourself asking.

There are also loads of personal stories from other people living with HIV and their experiences of life with HIV.

A beginner's guide to HIV. Bite-size pieces of information, on a huge menu of topics.

These one-page introductions provide a basic summary of over 100 HIV and related topics from reproductive health to recreational drug use. Written simply and concisely, they are a good place to start if you are learning about HIV.

Regular information events for people living with HIV. Come along, hear from the experts and ask your questions.

Aimed at HIV-positive people in the UK, HIV Weekly is a free e-bulletin, sent out once a week by email, highlighting what’s new in the world of HIV. Summarising developments and full of links to more in-depth information, HIV Weekly gives you the tools to learn a little, or a lot, every week.

To sign up for HIV Weekly, and any of our other e-bulletins, simply click on the link above and fill in your email address. We never pass on any details.

Exactly what it says! A great place to start if you're thinking about starting HIV treatment.

Introduction to key topics to help you learn about living with HIV.

If you live in the UK and would like to receive paper copies of any of these booklets, please email info@nam.org.uk or call 020 7840 0050.

Almost every day there is a new development in the world of HIV, whether it is a new piece of research, a new treatment or a news story.  On aidsmap.com you will find reports on the latest news stories posted onto our homepage every day.

Aidsmap news is a free e-bulletin, delivered to your inbox every two weeks, summarising the recent stories on aidsmap.com, with links, so you can find out more if a story sounds interesting or relevant to your situation.

It can be difficult to know whether what you know is current and where to look for new developments. Aidsmap news makes it easy.

To sign up for aidsmap news, and any of our other e-bulletins, simply visit this webpage and fill in your email address. 

Our monthly newsletter for HIV-positive people in the UK, reporting on the latest news and developments in the HIV sector and examining what they mean for people living with HIV. 

Often including interviews with experts and comment pieces, subscribing to HIV Treatment Update is a great way of finding out what all the latest research means for you.

Read the archive here

Subscribe for free here

If you would like to receive HTU by email or in audio format, please contact us at info@nam.org.uk or call 020 7840 0050

NAM is working with the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) to provide a face-to-face health trainer service for people living with HIV in London.

It is particularly useful if you have recently been diagnosed with HIV, are thinking of starting treatment, are experiencing side-effects or thinking about changing treatment.

For more information, contact us at info@nam.org.uk or 020 7840 0050

What’s in your HIV doctor’s medicine cabinet? Everything you need to know about the medical aspects of HIV. Topics include new classes of antiretrovirals, drug resistance, drug interactions and pharmacokinetics, side-effects, genetics and HIV treatment and HIV treatment during pregnancy, as well as an A-Z of drugs, illnesses and symptoms.

An excellent resource for the expert patient.

View here

Buy a copy of the Treatments Directory for just £12.95

If you are personally affected by HIV and living in London, we can send you a copy of the Treatments Directory for free- email us at info@nam.org.uk or call 0207 840 0050.