44 Quotes by Peter Piot

In Botswana, for example, two years ago about 36 percent of adults were HIV-positive, ... Today this is 39 percent, nearly 40 percent of all adults.

In the '80s, he was truly a visionary at a time when it was absolutely not clear how devastating and epidemic AIDS would become, ... He pulled off what he called a global response both in developing and developed countries.

Governments of this continent have to increase their investment in AIDS, ... And in education and health, they all have an army. I mean there are resources there. Even if you're poor it's a matter of prioritization. And I think it's not too much.

All will depend on which position the leadership of the country takes,

The global response to AIDS has gained real momentum in the past decade, so much so that for the first time we can hope to get ahead of the epidemic.

All the elements are here for the rapid spread of HIV, so it's(up to us) to express concern and to highlight the opportunities that are there. The opportunities are enormous to really stop the epidemic, to nip it in the bud.

We all need to begin thinking out of the box.

The era of implementation has started. The world is now committed to universal treatment.

Soap, gloves, isolating patients, not reusing needles and quarantining the contacts of the ill - in theory it should be very easy to contain Ebola