Under threat: Findings and recommendations from the IAS–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights

Marlène Bras has more than 14 years of experience in public health, research and management in the HIV field. She was trained at the Pasteur Institute (France) and holds a PhD in cellular biology from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI, France). She was appointed as Director, HIV Programmes and Advocacy in September 2022 and is also the Executive Editor of the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS). A basic scientist by training, Marlène has worked across HIV disciplines from basic and clinical sciences to behavioural, epidemiology and implementation sciences.

Chris Beyrer is an internationally recognized epidemiologist who has been Director of the Duke Global Health Institute since 2022. He has led collaborative research on HIV prevention and treatment in Southeast Asia, Africa and eastern Europe and central Asia for more than 30 years. A former IAS President, he has served as advisor to, among others, PEPFAR, HIV Vaccine Trials Network, NIH Office of AIDS Research and WHO. Chris was the inaugural Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH), where he was Associate Director of the JHU Center for AIDS Research and Center for Global Health. He was the Founding Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights. He received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and holds a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014 and serves on the Academy’s Board for Global Health and the Committee for Human Rights.

Chris Beyrer is an internationally recognized epidemiologist who has been Director of the Duke Global Health Institute since 2022. He has led collaborative research on HIV prevention and treatment in Southeast Asia, Africa and eastern Europe and central Asia for more than 30 years. A former IAS President, he has served as advisor to, among others, PEPFAR, HIV Vaccine Trials Network, NIH Office of AIDS Research and WHO. Chris was the inaugural Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH), where he was Associate Director of the JHU Center for AIDS Research and Center for Global Health. He was the Founding Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights. He received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and holds a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014 and serves on the Academy’s Board for Global Health and the Committee for Human Rights.

Professor James Ward is a Narungga man from Australia, and Professor of Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland. He is the Director of the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. He has over thirty years experience working in HIV STIs and BBVs with a particualr focus on Indigenous popualtions.

I'm Iva, Belarusian HIV- and fem-activist. Refugee for political reasons. Founder of the Young People + initiative. Young People + is a non-profit initiative that stands alone since 2018 in supporting the HIV-positive youth community in Belarus amid extensive NGO liquidations.

Professor James Ward is a Narungga man from Australia, and Professor of Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland. He is the Director of the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. He has over thirty years experience working in HIV STIs and BBVs with a particualr focus on Indigenous popualtions.

Chris Beyrer is an internationally recognized epidemiologist who has been Director of the Duke Global Health Institute since 2022. He has led collaborative research on HIV prevention and treatment in Southeast Asia, Africa and eastern Europe and central Asia for more than 30 years. A former IAS President, he has served as advisor to, among others, PEPFAR, HIV Vaccine Trials Network, NIH Office of AIDS Research and WHO. Chris was the inaugural Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH), where he was Associate Director of the JHU Center for AIDS Research and Center for Global Health. He was the Founding Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights. He received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and holds a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014 and serves on the Academy’s Board for Global Health and the Committee for Human Rights.

I'm Iva, Belarusian HIV- and fem-activist. Refugee for political reasons. Founder of the Young People + initiative. Young People + is a non-profit initiative that stands alone since 2018 in supporting the HIV-positive youth community in Belarus amid extensive NGO liquidations.

Allan Maleche, a dynamic leader and advocate of the Kenyan high court, serves as the Executive Director of Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN). With over 15 years of expertise spanning law, ethics, governance, policy, health, and rights, he is a true champion of justice.

As a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Warwick in the School of Law, Allan brings academic rigor to his practical experience. He is a seasoned human rights defender, with eight years of dedicated leadership in rights-based programs safeguarding marginalized and vulnerable populations.

KELIN under the leadership of Allan is currently involved transnational participatory action research project hosted by the University of Warwick Center for Interdisciplinary Methodologies and funded by Fondation Botnar. The project brings together researchers, human rights lawyers, and civil society activists to look at how new technologies and artificial intelligence can be used to transform weak health systems in low-resource settings.

Professor James Ward is a Narungga man from Australia, and Professor of Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland. He is the Director of the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. He has over thirty years experience working in HIV STIs and BBVs with a particualr focus on Indigenous popualtions.

Chris Beyrer is an internationally recognized epidemiologist who has been Director of the Duke Global Health Institute since 2022. He has led collaborative research on HIV prevention and treatment in Southeast Asia, Africa and eastern Europe and central Asia for more than 30 years. A former IAS President, he has served as advisor to, among others, PEPFAR, HIV Vaccine Trials Network, NIH Office of AIDS Research and WHO. Chris was the inaugural Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH), where he was Associate Director of the JHU Center for AIDS Research and Center for Global Health. He was the Founding Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights. He received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and holds a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014 and serves on the Academy’s Board for Global Health and the Committee for Human Rights.

I'm Iva, Belarusian HIV- and fem-activist. Refugee for political reasons. Founder of the Young People + initiative. Young People + is a non-profit initiative that stands alone since 2018 in supporting the HIV-positive youth community in Belarus amid extensive NGO liquidations.