40 years since the first cases of HIV were identified, we often reflect in these pages about the enormous advances that have been made to combat the disease. From the vantage point of 2021 there is a lot to celebrate: an unknown virus identified, characterised, and sequenced; treatments developed and refined; health systems strengthened to deliver those treatments; an HIV response that has shaped…
How often should asymptomatic gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM) and transgender women be screened for gonorrhoea and chlamydia, if…
We failed to show that non-screening for N gonorrhoeae and C trachomatis is non-inferior to 3 × 3 screening in MSM and transgender women taking PrEP in…
When proposed a decade ago, the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets were described as aggressive, ambitious, and daunting.1 Nevertheless, these milestones have had a profound effect on…
BAIS V is the first population-based survey worldwide to report the achievement of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals, both overall and among women. Strategies to reach…
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…
Study data support using long-acting cabotegravir or long-acting rilpivirine, given every 4 weeks or 8 weeks, per the adult dosing regimens, in virologically suppressed adolescents…
Adolescents with HIV have worse health outcomes along each step of the HIV care cascade worldwide compared with adults.1 Considerable socioeconomic, behavioural, and developmental differences…
Explore the current issue of The Lancet HIV, a monthly journal dedicated to publishing content that advocates for change in or illuminates HIV clinical practice
Scaling up PrEP using HIV self-testing has similar health impacts, costs, and low risk of drug resistance as provider-administered rapid diagnostic tests. Policy makers should…
The term acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was coined to describe a condition marked by weakened cell-mediated immunity in the absence of a clear cause. Due…
