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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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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All the elements are here for the rapid spread of HIV, so it's(up to us) to express concern and to highlight the opportunities that are there. The opportunities are enormous to really stop the epidemic, to nip it in the bud.
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The global response to AIDS has gained real momentum in the past decade, so much so that for the first time we can hope to get ahead of the epidemic.
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All will depend on which position the leadership of the country takes,
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We all need to begin thinking out of the box.
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The era of implementation has started. The world is now committed to universal treatment.
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Soap, gloves, isolating patients, not reusing needles and quarantining the contacts of the ill - in theory it should be very easy to contain Ebola
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I wouldn't be worried to sit next to someone with Ebola virus on the Tube as long as they don't vomit on you or something. This is an infection that requires very close contact.
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The reality is that the AIDS epidemic continues to outstrip the global and national efforts to contain it.
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Investment in AIDS will be repaid a thousand-fold in lives saved and communities held together.
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Epidemics on the other side of the world are a threat to us all. No epidemic is just local.
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In 1976 I discovered Ebola - now I fear an unimaginable tragedy