The Resource AIDS : between science and politics, Peter Piot ; translated by Laurence Garey
AIDS : between science and politics, Peter Piot ; translated by Laurence Garey
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- Summary
- Peter Piot, founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), recounts his experience as a clinician, scientist, and activist fighting the disease from its earliest manifestation to today. The AIDS pandemic was not only catastrophic to the health of millions worldwide but also fractured international relations, global access to new technologies, and public health policies in nations across the globe. As he struggled to get ahead of the disease, Piot found science does little good when it operates independently of politics and economics, and politics is worthless if it rejects scientific evidence and respect for human rights. 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 achieved 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.--
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 198 pages
- Note
- Revised and updated translation of: Le sida dans le monde: entre science et politique / Peter Piot. Paris : Odile Jacob, 2011
- Contents
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- A heterogeneous and still evolving epidemic
- Hyperendemic HIV in Southern Africa : the heritage of apartheid
- AIDS as an international political issue
- A new type of transnational civil society movement
- The right to treatment
- Combination prevention
- The economics of AIDS
- Prominence of human rights
- The long-term view
- Isbn
- 9780231166263
- Label
- AIDS : between science and politics
- Title
- AIDS
- Title remainder
- between science and politics
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Piot ; translated by Laurence Garey
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- Peter Piot, founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), recounts his experience as a clinician, scientist, and activist fighting the disease from its earliest manifestation to today. The AIDS pandemic was not only catastrophic to the health of millions worldwide but also fractured international relations, global access to new technologies, and public health policies in nations across the globe. As he struggled to get ahead of the disease, Piot found science does little good when it operates independently of politics and economics, and politics is worthless if it rejects scientific evidence and respect for human rights. 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 achieved 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.--
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- Provided by Publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- FIE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Piot, Peter
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Translated from the French
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Garey, Laurence
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Piot, Peter
- AIDS (Disease)
- AIDS (Disease)
- AIDS (Disease)
- World health
- Economic assistance, Domestic
- Label
- AIDS : between science and politics, Peter Piot ; translated by Laurence Garey
- Note
- Revised and updated translation of: Le sida dans le monde: entre science et politique / Peter Piot. Paris : Odile Jacob, 2011
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- A heterogeneous and still evolving epidemic -- Hyperendemic HIV in Southern Africa : the heritage of apartheid -- AIDS as an international political issue -- A new type of transnational civil society movement -- The right to treatment -- Combination prevention -- The economics of AIDS -- Prominence of human rights -- The long-term view
- Control code
- FIEb17749013
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 198 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231166263
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)883366077
- Label
- AIDS : between science and politics, Peter Piot ; translated by Laurence Garey
- Note
- Revised and updated translation of: Le sida dans le monde: entre science et politique / Peter Piot. Paris : Odile Jacob, 2011
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- A heterogeneous and still evolving epidemic -- Hyperendemic HIV in Southern Africa : the heritage of apartheid -- AIDS as an international political issue -- A new type of transnational civil society movement -- The right to treatment -- Combination prevention -- The economics of AIDS -- Prominence of human rights -- The long-term view
- Control code
- FIEb17749013
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 198 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231166263
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)883366077
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