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

Piot, Peter

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ISBN 10: 039306316X ISBN 13: 9780393063165

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2012

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

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." Publishers Weekly

"Piot, [...] in No Time to Lose has written an insightful memoir of his career. "Financial Times

"...offers an inspirational account of one person's career and how Piot's following his heart on science, integrity, and justice helped change our world for the better " --Science

"No Time to Lose will serve as an inspiration to anyone looking to understand, or break into, global health research and policy." --Times Higher Education

L'autore:

Peter Piot is the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, former undersecretary general of the United Nations and former director of UNAIDS.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 039306316X
• ISBN 13: 9780393063165
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 387