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The Lancet HIV in conversation with
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Peter Hayward, Editor-in-Chief, and Adrian Gonzalez-Lopez, Senior Editor at The Lancet HIV, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.
A monthly audio companion to the journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from treatments of children with HIV to COVID-19 and chemsex, the experiences of HIV among global Indigenous populations to intimate partner violence and women with HIV, and more.
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Despite advances in treatment, HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis continues to carry a high risk of death in Africa. In this episode, Jayne Ellis from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discusses new research showing why targeting cytomegalovirus could be key to improving outcomes for people living with advanced HIV. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(25)00163-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_October_25_lanhiv Cont...
Although some countries are making great headway in eliminating vertical transmission of HIV, more than 100 000 infants acquire HIV each year. Maggie Walters and Michelle Bulterys talk us through their research into factors that affect the probability of vertical transmission and what it says about efforts to end new infant acquisitions. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(25)00132-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_August_25_lanhiv Cont...
Uganda is closer than ever to achieving HIV epidemic control, thanks to remarkable progress in its national response. In this episode, experts Mansoor Farahani, Wafaa El-Sadr, and Wilford L. Kirungi discuss the strategies behind Uganda’s success, the challenges that still lie ahead, and how a current global funding crisis could impact the fight against HIV in the country. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(25)00100-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprou...
In HIV prevention and treatment, broadly neutralising antibodies have so far failed failed to deliver on their potential; could N6LS buck the trend? Richard Wu talks about a phase 1 study with some promising results. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(25)00041-4/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_July_25_lanhiv Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup h...
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a major cause of chronic liver disease and has become the second leading cause of non-AIDS-related mortality in people living HIV. Join Adrian Gonzalez in conversation with Grace Lui and Vincent Wong (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) as they discuss whether a dietary and exercise programme can reduce liver fat and induce resolution of MASLD in people with HIV. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanh...
Could cuts to international aid by the world's richest nations really undo 30 years of progress in combatting the HIV pandemic? Join Peter Hayward in conversation with Debra ten Brink and Rowan Martin-Hughes of the Burnet Institute (Melbourne, Australia) as they discuss their modelling study forecasting the effects of funding cuts on HIV acquisitions and mortality. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(25)00074-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout...
Sari Reisner (University of Michigan School of Public Health, Boston, USA) on gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people in the US and its effects on HIV acquisition risk and viral suppression. Read the article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(25)00004-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhiv And the personal view: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(24)00299-6/fulltext?dgcid...
Lisa Noghuchi of Jhpeigo (Johns Hopkins University) and Nyaradzo Mgodi (University of Zimbabwe) join Peter Hayward to discuss the MTN-043 study assessing safety and drug exposure of the dapivirine ring in breastfeeding women. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(24)00306-0?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhiv Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup h...
Sharon Lewin (Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia) joins Deputy Editor, Adrian Gonzalez to talk about the requirements and challenges to develop a product for HIV cure based on cell and gene therapies. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(24)00277-7/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_general_lanhiv Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagr...
Please note: this podcast is entirely in Spanish Adrian Gonzalez entrevista a Claudia Cortes (Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile) y Giovanni Ravasi (Equipo de América Latina y Caribe del Fondo Mundial, Ginebra, Suiza) sobre los desafios a los que se enfrentan las poblaciones migrantes en el marco de la prevención y el tratamiento del VIH. Lea la Serie completa: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(24)00233-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhi...
Florence Riako Anam (Global Network of People Living with HIV, Kisumu, Kenya) and Bruce Richman (Prevention Access Campaign in New York, USA) join Adrian Gonzalez to discuss the importance of a clear message on U=U to end AIDS as a public health threat. Read the full Article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(24)00241-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhiv Read related content here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018...
Editor-in-Chief Peter Hayward is joined by Adrian Gonzalez (Deputy Editor) and Richard Henderson (Senior Editor) to reflect on 10 years since the launch of The Lancet HIV. Read this month´s anniversary editorial here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(24)00245-5/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhiv Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/t...
Salome Kuchukidze (McGill University, Canada) and Souleymane Diabaté (Université Laval) join Editor-in-Chief, Peter Hayward, to talk about links between intimate partner violence and vertical HIV transmission. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(24)00148-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhiv Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https:/...
Adrian Gonzalez is joined by Jose M. Zuniga (IAPAC, Fast-Track Cities Institute) to talk about the IAPAC – Lancet HIV Commission on the future of urban HIV responses. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Adrian Gonzalez (Editor) entrevista Alejandro García García (Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Instituto Ramon y Cajal de investigación Sanitaria en Madrid,España) sobre los avances en los tiempos de transición de las personas con VIH en España entre las distintas etapas de su vinculación a la atención médica, desde su diagnóstico hasta alcanzar la supresión viral. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(24)00118-8/full...
Professor Serge Eholie (PACCI Programme, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) joins Peter Hayward to discuss a recent randomised trial of treatments for HIV-2 in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Togo. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(24)00085-7/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhiv Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com...
Deputy Editor Adrian Gonzalez interviews Drew Voetsch (Division of Global HIV and TB, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA) and Robert Selato (National AIDS and Health Promotion Agency, Gaborone, Botswana) on Botswana´s accomplishments and progress towards achieving the UNAIDS 95 targets. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(24)00003-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhiv Continue this conversation on social! Fol...
Editor-in-Chief Peter Hayward is joined by Adam Trickey (University of Bristol, UK) to discuss a recent study looking at trends in causes of death among people with HIV in Europe and North America. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(23)00272-2/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhiv Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.co...
Deputy Editor Adrian Gonzalez interviews Manik Kohli (Institute of Global Health at the University College London, UK), Iain Reeves (Homerton Healthcare NHS Trust, UK), and Laura Waters (Central and North West London NHS Trust, UK) on how homophobia results in limitations to accessing effective interventions such as HIV PrEP, mpox vaccination and DoxyPEP. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(23)00302-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_ge...
Deputy Editor Adrian Gonzalez interviews Lulu Nair (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Connie Celum (University of Washington, USA), and Kenneth Ngure (Jomo Kenyatta University, Kenya) to discuss HIV prevention adherence and choice of the dapivirine vaginal ring and daily oral PrEP in adolescent girls and young women in Africa. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(23)00227-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhiv Continue t...