John Frater (University of Oxford) talks to Deputy Editor Philippa Harris about COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in people with HIV.

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.

Fatima Mir (Aga Khan University, Pakistan) talks to Philippa Harris about the 2019 HIV outbreak in the Larkana District of Pakistan.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.