Peter Piot
Peter Piot
Baron Peter Piot, MD, PhD FRCP FMedSciis a Belgian microbiologist known for his research into Ebola and AIDS. After helping discover the Ebola virus in 1976 and leading efforts to contain the first-ever recorded Ebola epidemic that same year, Piot became a pioneering researcher into AIDS. He has held key positions in the United Nations and World Health Organization involving AIDS research. He has also served as a professor at several universities worldwide...
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The world needs $10 billion a year to treat those with HIV in the poor nations, to make sure that the number of new infections is going down dramatically, and to take care of orphans,
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It is quite clear that our current global efforts remain inadequate for an epidemic that is continuing to spiral out of control.
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We are on very thin ice here. AIDS has made a mess of Africa's health care systems, and none of the factors that created the AIDS disaster have gone away. But with bird flu, we could be looking at things getting worse in a matter of months, not decades.
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over the past four years two disquieting facts become evident: One is that AIDS is an unprecedented global crisis. There is simply no other example of that kind.
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AIDS is tightening its grip on southern Africa and threatening other regions of the world. Today's report warns regions experiencing newer HIV epidemics that they can either act now or pay later -- as Africa is now having to pay,
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AIDS continues to tear apart families and communities, leaving behind 15 million orphans and robbing countries of their future.
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There will be, for the first time, more people in their 60s and 70s than people in their 30s and 40s.
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Of people living with HIV, only one in 10 has been tested and knows that he or she is infected,
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People are starting later with their first sexual intercourse, they are having fewer partners, there's more condom use.
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I think in that sense Indonesia could be a stellar example for the Muslim world,
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Our number one concern is to make the money work.
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The key to protecting the children is preventing infection in parents,
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In the '80s, he was truly a visionary at a time when it was absolutely not clear how devastating and epidemic AIDS would become, ... He pulled off what he called a global response both in developing and developed countries.
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Governments of this continent have to increase their investment in AIDS, ... And in education and health, they all have an army. I mean there are resources there. Even if you're poor it's a matter of prioritization. And I think it's not too much.