No Time to Lose

A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses

Peter Piot

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WW Norton & Co
07 June 2013

Epidemiology & medical statistics; Medical microbiology & virology; Virology (non-medical)

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.

By: Peter Piot
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 323g
ISBN: 9780393345513
ISBN 10: 0393345513
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 07 June 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses

A riveting read. -- Laurie Garrett - The Lancet An invaluable portrait of the evolution of international health in recent decades... We need more people like Peter Piot who will rise to the occasion with spirit and passion. -- William Bynum - Wall Street Journal [A] fascinating account of the complex behavioural responses that epidemics trigger among their human hosts. -- Jose Esparza - Nature Insightful. -- Andrew Jack - Financial Times Starred review. A timely and accessible memoir ... enthralling reading ... will appeal to budding young scientists. -- Booklist 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