No Time to Lose
A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses
Published on 4. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-393-34551-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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 "From laboratories to field epidemiology, boardrooms and political chambers, [No Time To Lose] charts an incredibly impactful career in science and the fine arts of diplomacy, communication and political engagement in difficult situations." -- Chikwe Ihekweazu - Nature "Insightful." -- Andrew Jack - Financial Times "A riveting read." -- Laurie Garrett - The Lancet "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 (starred review)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
16 pages of illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-34551-3 (9780393345513)
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05/2012
W. W. Norton & Company
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07/2012
WW Norton & Co
€46.00
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Person
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.