MAP hopes to make its greatest impact by providing objective, timely and high-quality analyses of the most current information the pandemic, for the improvement of prevention, care and social interventions worldwide.
MAP workshops and membership meetings are held in conjunction with regional and international HIV/AIDS conferences. This enables MAP to function on a small budget and to distribute results from its analyses promptly to conference participants. Specific workshops are convened as needed, with expertise drawn from MAP members and other invited experts. Regional experts are encouraged and supported by MAP in the collection, analysis, synthesis and dissemination of regional information, which is the incorporated into MAP's global reports.
Reports published by MAP in conjunction with international HIV/AIDS events are compiled and printed in local official languages and distributed on site. They are also translated into other languages to ensure a wide readership.
MAP works toward building consensus in an atmosphere of collegiality, cultural sensitivity, and mutual respect for conflicting points of view. It functions on the basis of volunteerism and personal and institutional contributions, with limited financial support from international organizations, including UNAIDS, and thus provides an independent perspective on issues raised by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
MAP Secretariat
International Programs Center
Population Division
U.S Bureau of the Census
Washington, D.C. 220233-8860
Tel: 301-763-1433 Fax: 301-457-3034
E-mail: IPC-HIV@census.gov