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Piot describes how the epidemic altered global attitudes toward sexuality, the character of the doctor-patient relationship, the influence of civil society in international relations, and traditional partisan divides. AIDS thrust health into national and international politics where, he argues, it rightly belongs. The global reaction to AIDS over the past decade is the positive result of this partnership, showing what can be acheved when science, politics, and policy converge on the ground. Yet it remains a fragile achievement, and Piot warns against complacency and the consequences of reduced investments. He refuses to accept a world in which high levels of HIV infection are the norm. Instead, he explains how to continue to reduce the incidence of the disease to minute levels through both prevention and treatment, until a vaccine is discovered.
List of contents
Translator's Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A Heterogeneous and Still-Evolving Epidemic
2. Hyperendemic HIV in Southern Africa: The Heritage of Apartheid
3. AIDS as an International Political Issue
4. A New Type of Transnational Civil Society Movement
5. The Right to Treatment
6. Combination Prevention
7. The Economics of AIDS
8. Prominence of Human Rights
9. The Long-Term View
Notes
Index
About the author
Peter Piot is the director of the renowned London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a professor of global health. He is a former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, the founding executive director of UNAIDS, and co-discoverer of the Ebola virus, and former president of the International AIDS Society. He has published more than 500 scientific papers and articles and sixteen books, including his memoirs,
No Time To Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses.
Laurence Garey is an anatomist, former member the Court of Examiners, Royal College of Surgeons of England, and the Council of the Anatomical Society. He has translated works from French and German, including Jean-Didier Vincent and Pierre-Marie Lledo's
The Custom-Made Brain: Cerebral Plasticity, Regeneration, and Enhancement. He is an associate collaborator with the Institute of the History of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Summary
A social, political, and human history of the epidemic, with a look at its ongoing challenges, written by a scientist, physician, and pioneering world health leader.
Report
"Superb, well-crafted, and timely. This book is an excellent and valuable addition to the scientific literature. And, who is better placed to address the multitude of issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS than Peter Piot?" - Mark Wainberg, McGill University
