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Dr Kenneth Ngure (Jomo Kenyatta University, Kenya) joins Peter Hayward to discuss PrEP roll-out in Kenya and research assessing 6 monthly dispensing of the preventive medicine with HIV self-testing. Read the full article: Efficiency of 6-month PrEP dispensing with HIV self-testing in Kenya

Marta Vasylyev (Astar Medical Center, Ukraine) and Casper Rokx (Erasmus University Medical Centre, Netherlands) talk to Philippa Harris about a unified European support framework to sustain the HIV care cascade in the displaced populations of war-struck Ukraine.

Dr Angela Colbers and Hylke Waalewijn (Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Netherlands) join Peter Hayward to talk about developments in treatment for children with HIV. Read the full article: Dolutegravir dosing for children with HIV weighing less than 20 kg: pharmacokinetic and safety substudies nested in the open-label, multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority ODYSSEY trial

Philippa Harris talks to Nabila El-Bassel (Columbia University, USA) about intimate partner violence and HIV.

Dr Amy Justice (Yale University, USA) talks to Philippa Harris about the joint The Lancet HIV and The Lancet Healthy Longevity Series Ageing with HIV. Read the Series: Ageing with HIV

Peter Hayward talks to Dr Bridget Mugisa (WHO, Eastern Mediterranean Office, Egypt) about a study summarising the epidemiology of HIV in the Middle East and north Africa.

Philippa Harris talks to Dr Aaloke Mody (Washington University School of Medicine, USA) and Izukanji Sikazwe (CIDRZ, Zambia) about their study on universal HIV treatment in Zambia. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(21)00186-7/fulltext

Prof José Miro (University of Barcelona) and Dr Juliana Reyes (Public Health Agency of Catalonia) speak to Editor-in-Chief Peter Hayward about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in people living with HIV. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(21)00240-X/fulltext

Prof Jon Shuter (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA) talks to Dr Philippa Harris about harm reduction for smokers with HIV. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(21)00156-9/fulltext

Peter Hayward talks to Dr Elizabeth Marie King (University of British Columbia, Canada) about a Viewpoint on menopausal hormone therapy for women living with HIV. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(21)00148-X/fulltext

John Frater (University of Oxford) talks to Deputy Editor Philippa Harris about COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in people with HIV. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(21)00103-X/fulltext

Dr Elias Dah (Institut National de Santé Publique, Centre Muraz, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso) joins Peter Hayward to discuss a PrEP implementation project in four countries in west Africa. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(21)00005-9/fulltext

Fatima Mir (Aga Khan University, Pakistan) talks to Philippa Harris about the 2019 HIV outbreak in the Larkana District of Pakistan. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(21)00049-7/fulltext

Dr Jessica Castilho (Vanderbilt University Medical Centre) and Dr Claudia Cortes (University of Chile School of Medicine) join Peter Hayward to discuss their research on life expectancy for people living with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(20)30358-1/fulltext

Professor Chloe Orkin (Queen Mary University London, UK) joins Peter Hayward to talk about long-acting cabotegravir for HIV treatment and the 96 weeks of the FLAIR study. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(20)30340-4/fulltext

Sarah Calabrese (George Washington University, USA) talks to Deputy Editor Philippa Harris about prioritising sexual pleasure and correcting misinformation in the era of U=U. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(20)30341-6/fulltext

Le Minh Giang (Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam) and Todd Korthuis (Oregon Health and Science University, USA) discuss their work in Vietnam on treating opioid use disorder in people with HIV with Deputy Editor Philippa Harris. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(20)30302-7/fulltext

In a bumper edition, we talk to contributors to several papers in the December issue on diverse topics that include test-and-treat in correctional facilities, PrEP engagement in transgender women, the burden of living with HIV in MSM, and gentrification in San Francisco.

Deputy Editor Philippa Harris discusses HIV testing and the HOSENG trial with researchers Mathebe Kopo (SolidarMed, Lesotho) and Alain Amstutz (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland).

Susannah Mayhew (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) joins Deputy Editor Philippa Harris to discuss integration of sexual and reproductive health and HIV services.