No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses - Hardcover

Piot, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039306316X ISBN 13: 9780393063165

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012

Synopsis

The story of a microbiologist’s remarkable career, from identifying the Ebola virus to pioneering AIDS research and policy.

When Peter Piot was in medical school, a professor warned, “There’s no future in infectious diseases. They’ve all been solved.” Fortunately, Piot ignored him, and the result has been an exceptional, adventure-filled career. In the 1970s, as a young man, Piot was sent to Central Africa as part of a team tasked with identifying a grisly new virus. Crossing into the quarantine zone on the most dangerous missions, he studied local customs to determine how this disease―the Ebola virus―was spreading. Later, Piot found himself in the field again when another mysterious epidemic broke out: AIDS. He traveled throughout Africa, leading the first international AIDS initiatives there. Then, as founder and director of UNAIDS, he negotiated policies with leaders from Fidel Castro to Thabo Mbeki and helped turn the tide of the epidemic. Candid and engrossing, No Time to Lose captures the urgency and excitement of being on the front lines in the fight against today’s deadliest diseases.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Piot, MD, PhD, is the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, former undersecretary general of the United Nations, and former executive director of UNAIDS. He lives in London.

Review:

Starred review. ...Piot helped assure that affordable drugs revolutionizing AIDS treatment would be available to the poorest victims. He leaves a legacy of change and hope in two worlds medicine and politics and an urgent reminder that their cooperation saves lives. "

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 039306316X
• ISBN 13: 9780393063165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304