Drs Oliva Kates and Monica Gandhi join Ethics Talk to discuss equity and public health messaging in ending the HIV epidemic.

Financial incentives have been shown to improve antiretroviral adherence for people living with HIV, but some say offering them commodifies HIV care.

Merits and drawbacks of U = U messaging are ethically and clinically complex, and drawbacks could harm patients in whom viral suppression is hard to achieve.

Ending AIDS requires normalizing justice-based approaches to HIV care and acknowledging how power dynamics shape popular narratives and practices.

Long-acting injectables powerfully augment HIV care, but broad acceptance and uptake could be compromised by what we know about experiences with antipsychotics.

Limited understanding of disease etiology often leads to resistance, which can result in low vaccine uptake.

Physicians caring for trafficking victims should know about applicable criminal and human rights law and mandatory reporting requirements.

Public health surveillance for infectious disease provides a model for a mandatory reporting policy for human trafficking, which poses risks for survivors.

Decriminalization of the sex trade speaks to medical ethics by reducing sex workers’ vulnerability to violence, exploitation, stigma, and trafficking.

The Nordic model policy option for addressing commercial sex—which exempts sellers from criminal penalties—offers several potential advantages.