The work of the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights is funded in part by the International AIDS Society and by the Desmond M Tutu Endowment in Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins University; neither funder had any input into this Comment. AK is the President of the International AIDS Society. LS-M is the Director of HIV Programmes and Advocacy for the International AIDS Society. CB and LC are both co-investigators of the COVID-19 Vaccine Prevention Network (Co-VPN) of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). CB is Senior Scientific Liaison and LC is the Co-Chair of the Co-VPN. CB and LC report grants from the NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The views expressed here are our own, and do not reflect those of the NIH. The other authors declare no competing interests.