Podcast Episode (No. 5): “Is It a Crime?” From Zero Hour: A Global Conversation on Health and HIV
In this episode of Zero Hour: A Global Conversation on Health and HIV, hosts David Malebranche, MD, MPH, and C. Chauncey Watson, PhD, MHS, are joined by Robert Suttle and Alex McClelland, PhD, for a focused discussion on HIV criminalization.
The conversation brings together lived expertise and legal scholarship to examine whether HIV criminal laws align with contemporary science, public health goals, and human rights principles. Rather than centering individual behavior, the episode explores how punishment-based approaches undermine prevention, reinforce stigma, and reflect broader systems failures in health and law.
This entry supports Leadership & Capacity Building by modeling cross-disciplinary dialogue—demonstrating how community leadership and academic analysis together can inform more effective, equity-centered approaches to HIV policy and reform.
