Podcast appearances and mentions of Peter Piot

Eric Goosby and Ben Plumley reflect on an interview with Professor Peter Piot, recorded earlier this year, on how, against a backwash of climate disruption, defining global infectious diseases as security threats - can attract essential  financial and political resources - but can be counter-intuitive & counter-productive if thought of solely as another traditional security challenge.  Professor Piot is a Belgian microbiologist, founding Executive Director of UNAIDS, former Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicjne. He now serves as Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission on COVID-19. https://wwnorton.com/books/no-time-to-lose/# The Global Health Diplomats is deeply grateful to the John C Martin Foundation for its sponsorship and support, in honor of the memory of our friend and global health diplomat, John Martin.

Dans le cadre des portraits, proposés par l'équipe de Priorité Santé, rencontre avec le Pr Peter Piot, codécouvreur du virus Ebola et premier directeur exécutif de l'ONUSIDA, entre 1995 et 2008. Ebola, Sida, Covid-19 : trois grandes maladies émergentes, comme autant de périodes qui ont marqué son parcours professionnel. Une carrière ponctuée par des rencontres importantes, dont nous entendrons les voix au cours de cette émission.Avec la participation de : Pr Awa Marie Coll Seck, ministre d'État auprès du Président de la République du Sénégal, médecin-infectiologue Elhadj As Sy, président du conseil de la Fondation Kofi Annan et ex-secrétaire général de la Fédération internationale de la Croix Rouge Michel Sidibé, actuel envoyé spécial de l'Union africaine pour l'Agence Africaine du médicament, ex-directeur exécutif de l'ONUSIDA, ancien ministre de la Santé du Mali.(Rediffusion)

Dans le cadre des portraits, proposés par l'équipe de Priorité Santé, rencontre avec le Pr Peter Piot, codécouvreur du virus Ebola et premier directeur exécutif de l'ONUSIDA, entre 1995 et 2008. Ebola, Sida, Covid-19 : trois grandes maladies émergentes, comme autant de périodes qui ont marqué son parcours professionnel. Une carrière ponctuée par des rencontres importantes, dont nous entendrons les voix au cours de cette émission.Avec la participation de : Pr Awa Marie Coll Seck, ministre d'État auprès du Président de la République du Sénégal, médecin-infectiologue Elhadj As Sy, président du conseil de la Fondation Kofi Annan et ex-secrétaire général de la Fédération internationale de la Croix Rouge Michel Sidibé, actuel envoyé spécial de l'Union africaine pour l'Agence Africaine du médicament, ex-directeur exécutif de l'ONUSIDA, ancien ministre de la Santé du Mali.(Rediffusion)

United Press International riferisce: “La metà di tutti i bambini in Africa nasce infettata dall'HIV, il virus che si trasforma in AIDS”. Peter Piot, scopritore del virus Ebola nel 1976 ed ex direttore esecutivo del Programma congiunto delle Nazioni Unite sull'HIV/AIDS, ha dichiarato che l'HIV e l'AIDS hanno ridotto l'aspettativa di vita di 25 anni in alcune parti dell'Africa. Il rapporto aggiunge: “I 21 paesi con la più alta incidenza di infezione da HIV sono tutti in Africa, e in 10 di questi paesi, almeno il 10% della popolazione è infetto”. Di tutti i decessi correlati all'AIDS in tutto il mondo, circa l'80% potrebbe avvenire in Africa. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/corgiov/message

Dans le cadre des portraits, proposés par l'équipe de Priorité Santé, rencontre avec le Pr Peter Piot, codécouvreur du virus Ebola et premier directeur exécutif de l'ONUSIDA, entre 1995 et 2008. Ebola, Sida, Covid-19 : trois grandes maladies émergentes, comme autant de périodes qui ont marqué son parcours professionnel. Une carrière ponctuée par des rencontres importantes, dont nous entendrons les voix au cours de cette émission. Avec la participation de : Pr Awa Marie Coll Seck, Ministre d'État auprès du Président de la République du Sénégal, médecin-infectiologue Elhadj As Sy, Président du conseil de la Fondation Kofi Annan et ex-secrétaire général de la Fédération internationale de la Croix Rouge Michel Sidibé, actuel envoyé spécial de l'Union Africaine pour l'Agence Africaine du médicament, ex-directeur exécutif de l'ONUSIDA, ancien ministre de la Santé du Mali  

Dans le cadre des portraits, proposés par l'équipe de Priorité Santé, rencontre avec le Pr Peter Piot, codécouvreur du virus Ebola et premier directeur exécutif de l'ONUSIDA, entre 1995 et 2008. Ebola, Sida, Covid-19 : trois grandes maladies émergentes, comme autant de périodes qui ont marqué son parcours professionnel. Une carrière ponctuée par des rencontres importantes, dont nous entendrons les voix au cours de l'émission du 2 janvier, à retrouver en intégralité ici.  

Dans le cadre des portraits, proposés par l'équipe de Priorité Santé, rencontre avec le Pr Peter Piot, codécouvreur du virus Ebola et premier directeur exécutif de l'ONUSIDA, entre 1995 et 2008. Ebola, Sida, Covid-19 : trois grandes maladies émergentes, comme autant de périodes qui ont marqué son parcours professionnel. Une carrière ponctuée par des rencontres importantes, dont nous entendrons les voix au cours de cette émission. Avec la participation de : Pr Awa Marie Coll Seck, Ministre d'État auprès du Président de la République du Sénégal, médecin-infectiologue Elhadj As Sy, Président du conseil de la Fondation Kofi Annan et ex-secrétaire général de la Fédération internationale de la Croix Rouge Michel Sidibé, actuel envoyé spécial de l'Union Africaine pour l'Agence Africaine du médicament, ex-directeur exécutif de l'ONUSIDA, ancien ministre de la Santé du Mali  

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In episode 3 of Kofi Time, our special guest is Dr Peter Piot. Dr Piot shares with podcast host Ahmad Fawzi how he and Kofi Annan worked together to reverse the HIV/AIDs tide that swept through Africa in the 1990s. Dr Piot explains how they used patient yet bold diplomacy, innovative partnerships and an inclusive approach to bring to the table previously marginalized communities. Can this approach be replicated today as the world enters the third year of the Covid pandemic and must prepare for future health emergencies? About Peter Piot: Dr Peter Piot co-discovered the Ebola virus in Zaire in 1976. He has led research on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and women's health, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Peter Piot was the founding Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1995 until 2008. Under his leadership, UNAIDS has become the chief advocate for worldwide action against AIDS. It has brought together ten organizations of the United Nations system around a common agenda on AIDS, spearheading UN reform Peter Piot was the Director of the Institute for Global Health at Imperial College; London and he held the 2009/2010 "Knowledge against poverty" Chair at the College de France in Paris. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and was elected a foreign member of the National Academy of Medicine of the US National Academy of Sciences.

20 years ago, Kofi Annan was awarded, together with the UN, the Nobel Peace Prize. Regarded as one of the modern world's icons of diplomacy, what is his legacy today in 2022? What can we learn from him, and how can we prepare for tomorrow, based on his vision for a better world? Join us on a journey of discovery as podcast host Ahmad Fawzi, one of Kofi Annan's spokespersons and communication advisors, speaks to some of Kofi Annan's closest advisors and colleagues including Dr Peter Piot, Christiane Amanpour, Mark Malloch-Brown, Michael Møller and more. Kofi Time is brought to you by the Kofi Annan Foundation and United Nations Information Service.

Le Belge Peter Piot a découvert et identifié avec son équipe le virus Ebola en 1976. Il fut aussi secrétaire général adjoint à l'ONU, responsable de la lutte contre le Sida. Il est à présent conseiller spécial de la présidente de la commission européenne Ursula Von der Leyen en matière de Covid.

In this first episode of the new series, tech investor veteran, Robin Klein, is joined by eminent virologist, Peter Piot, the co-discoverer of Ebola and founding director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Peter is also the Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and talks to Robin about his role in the fight against Covid-19, which includes working as Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. If you've enjoyed the episode, use #2020visionpod on social media to join the conversation.

In this IIEA armchair discussion, Professor Peter Piot, Special Advisor on COVID-19 to the President of the European Commission, focuses on lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic at EU-level from a health policy perspective to evaluate the role of research and innovation (R&I) during the health crisis. Professor Piot discusses the value of investment in R&I projects and initiatives to address diagnostics, treatment and vaccines, epidemiology, preparedness and response to future outbreaks. In his role as Special Advisor to President Ursula von der Leyen, he offers insights on the EU's role in supporting global efforts to detect, prepare and respond to future health crises.  About the Speaker:  Professor Baron Peter Piot MD PhD KCMG is the Handa Professor of Global Health and former Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He is currently Special Advisor on COVID-19 to the President of the European Commission. Previously, Peter Piot was the founding Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations (1995-2008).   A clinician and microbiologist by training, he co-discovered the Ebola virus in Zaire in 1976, and subsequently led pioneering research on HIV/AIDS, women's health and infectious diseases in Africa. He has held academic positions at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp; the University of Nairobi; the University of Washington, Seattle; Imperial College London, and the College de France, Paris, and was a Senior Fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He was formerly Vice-Chair of the Global Health Innovation Technology Fund, Tokyo, and member of the Board of the Novartis Foundation, Basel.

Peter Piot, one of the world's foremost public health experts and the man who co-discovered Ebola, on the roadmap ahead.

«La pandemia è tutt'altro che finita». Il coronavirus «diventerà probabilmente endemico». Lo ha affermato Peter Piot, microbiologo belga consigliere della presidente della Commissione Europea Ursula von der Leyen e direttore della London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, presentando venerdì i contenuti principali del report firmato dal panel di 26 esperti che si è riunito per offrire una base scientifica al confronto del Global Health Summit, in corso a Roma. «La crescente disponibilità di vaccini sicuri ed efficaci ci dà la speranza di mettere la pandemia sotto controllo, con una mortalità molto bassa. Ma la priorità massima è assicurare equità globale dei vaccini, immediatamente», ha spiegato Piot, che insieme agli altri scienziati ha rinnovato l'appello ai «leader ad aumentare i finanziamenti» alle piattaforme globali per l'accesso a vaccini e strumenti per la lotta a Covid «Covax e Act-accelerator».

In this episode, Peter Piot, medical doctor, virologist, and Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine reflects on a year of surprises with Covid-19. Why did Europe and the Americas experience so many cases early on, and why are cases accelerating in Africa only now? What role has leadership played in controlling the pandemic and encouraging a stronger commitment to multilateralism and global equity in vaccine distribution? How will the new, more transmissible variants affect the spread of the pandemic? And how are new forms of information-sharing and collaboration shaping how research may be conducted in the future?   Dr. Peter Piot, who co-discovered the Ebola virus in Zaire in 1976, is Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He was the founding Executive Director of UNAIDS and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Kaip raupsuotųjų apaštalas iš Havajų įkvėpė garsiausią šių dienų virusologą Peterį Piot kovoti su pandemijomis ir kodėl pasaulis niekada nenebus toks, kaip anksčiau. Pasak mokslininko, „būtina rengtis kitai pandemijai ir pasiruošti dirbti kartu dėl kitų. Mes Vakaruose daugiau galvojame apie aš, man, mano, tuo tarpu Azijoje žmonės labiau laikėsi taisyklių, ir gyvenimas tapo normalesnis. Mums reikalinga ta pilietinė dvasia“ . Be to, pandemija apnuogino nelygybes, kurios tik ašrės ir taps rimta geopolitine problema. „Turtingesnės šalys privalo pasirūpinti, kad skurdesnės irgi galėtų paskiepyti savo gyventojus. Tai - moralinis imperatyvas“, - teigia Peteris Piot.Šeštadienio komentare filosofo ir kultūros istoriko Vytauto Ališausko mintys Vasario 16-osios išvakarėse.Vokietijos ir Šveicarijos katalikiškos spaudos apžvalga parengė Giedrius Tamaševičius.Ved. Rūta Tumėnaitė

Cette semaine, l’UCLouvain remettait le titre de docteur·e honoris causa à quatre personnalités. Ce soir, dans Au bout du jour, Eddy Caekelberghs vous propose de retrouver trois d’entre elles. Et tout d'abord, nous entendons Didier Pittet, médecin infectiologue et épidémiologiste suisse et inventeur du gel hydroalcoolique, et Peter Piot, médecin et microbiologiste belge, connu notamment pour sa lutte contre le sida

Cette semaine, l’UCLouvain remettait le titre de docteur·e honoris causa à quatre personnalités. Ce soir, dans Au bout du jour, Eddy Caekelberghs vous propose de retrouver trois d’entre elles. Et tout d'abord, nous entendons Didier Pittet, médecin infectiologue et épidémiologiste suisse et inventeur du gel hydroalcoolique, et Peter Piot, médecin et microbiologiste belge, connu notamment pour sa lutte contre le sida

Peter Piot, MD, PhD, director of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is a legend in global health, having been involved in identification of HIV and Ebola virus in Africa. He was founding executive director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1995 to 2008. He joins JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the global public health response to COVID-19 past, present, and future. Recorded January 28, 2021. Related Article(s): The Challenges Ahead With Monoclonal Antibodies

Peter Piot, MD, PhD, director of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is a legend in global health, having been involved in identification of HIV and Ebola virus in Africa. He was founding executive director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1995 to 2008. He joins JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the global public health response to COVID-19 past, present, and future. Recorded January 28, 2021. Related Article(s): The Challenges Ahead With Monoclonal Antibodies

Why is multidisciplinary science advice so difficult, and are there ways to make it easier? Should policymakers seek ethics advice as well as science advice? When there is a conflict between the values embedded in different cultural contexts, how can we navigate the conflict sensitively? Christiane Woopen, Paul Nurse and Peter Piot discuss these questions with Toby Wardman of SAPEA. We also discuss the unique challenges of giving advice in a crisis, the relationship between ‘discovery' and applied science, and whether Rambo would make a good government advisor. Resources discussed in this episode Joint statement on scientific advice during COVID-19: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/346c8eaf-ba79-11ea-811c-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-139601691 Joint opinion on improving pandemic preparedness and management: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/a1016d77-2562-11eb-9d7e-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-171481573

Het voltallige kabinet heeft vrijdag zijn ontslag ingediend. In Buitenhof SP-Kamerlid Renske Leijten, PvdA-coryfee Job Cohen en NRC-columnist Tom-Jan Meeus over de toeslagenaffaier en de politieke gevolgen van de val van kabinet Rutte III. President van de Europese Raad Charles Michel over coronabestrijding in Europa en de relatie met de Verenigde Staten. En is de chaos in Londense ziekenhuizen een voorbode van wat ons in Nederland te wachten staat? In Buitenhof de belangrijkste COVID-adviseur van de Europese Commissie viroloog Peter Piot vanuit Londen over de verspreiding van de zo gevreesde Britse coronavariant. De nieuwsfoto is gekozen door Ahmet Polat. meer info: https://www.vpro.nl/buitenhof/kijk/afleveringen/2021/buitenhof-17-januari-2021.html Presentatie: Twan Huys

Het voltallige kabinet heeft vrijdag zijn ontslag ingediend. In Buitenhof SP-Kamerlid Renske Leijten, PvdA-coryfee Job Cohen en NRC-columnist Tom-Jan Meeus over de toeslagenaffaier en de politieke gevolgen van de val van kabinet Rutte III. President van de Europese Raad Charles Michel over coronabestrijding in Europa en de relatie met de Verenigde Staten. En is de chaos in Londense ziekenhuizen een voorbode van wat ons in Nederland te wachten staat? In Buitenhof de belangrijkste COVID-adviseur van de Europese Commissie viroloog Peter Piot vanuit Londen over de verspreiding van de zo gevreesde Britse coronavariant. De nieuwsfoto is gekozen door Ahmet Polat. meer info: https://www.vpro.nl/buitenhof/kijk/afleveringen/2021/buitenhof-17-januari-2021.html Presentatie: Twan Huys

Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the latest news in the coronavirus pandemic. He says the UK should not be extending the gap between doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Turning to U.S. politics - Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen explains why he and 9 other former defense secretaries are calling on Trump to not use the military in his efforts to overturn the election. Carol Moseley Braun, former Democratic Senator, also weighs in on President Trump's attempts and brands his supporters in Congress 'a cult’. Then our Walter Isaacson speaks to Dr. Vivek Murthy, Biden’s nominee for Surgeon General and the co-chair of his COVID-19 Advisory Board, about how the U.S. is falling very short of it’s vaccination rollout plan. He also explains the mental health crisis being caused by coronavirus and how he plans do deal with it once in office. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Mens Europas ledere stirrer ind i en lang og mørk vinter med nye covid-nedlukninger, står det politiske Danmark på hovedet i raseri over et direktivforslag om europæiske lønninger. Hør analysen fra en arbejdsmarkedsforsker i denne uges podcast.Det er påstand mod påstand mellem København og Bruxelles, efter at EU-Kommissionen i denne uge fremlagde et kontroversielt direktivforslag om mindsteløn i Europa.Eller kontroversielt er det i hvert fald for Danmark, Sverige og en lille håndfuld andre medlemslande, der baserer løndannelsen på kollektive aftaler mellem arbejdsmarkedets parter i stedet for lovgivning.Mens et flertal af EU-lande anført af Tyskland og Frankrig ser tanken om europæisk koordineret mindsteløn som et vigtigt skridt mod fattigdom blandt Europas arbejdere, så ser Danmark det som et farligt anslag mod vores arbejdsmarkedsmodel.I ugens europæiske podcast kan du høre, hvordan EU's beskæftigelseskommissær, Nicolas Schmit, under et møde med danske og svenske journalister lufter sin frustration over den nordiske modstand.”Jeg afviser fake news om så vigtigt et socialt tiltag for hele Europa. Læs nu venligst teksten, og så kan vi diskutere,” siger Schmit:”Dette forslag etablerer meget klart beskyttelsen af det kollektive aftalesystem, der fungerer i Sverige, Danmark og enkelte andre lande som Østrig og Finland. Der er ingen indblanding,” siger han.Men hvad handler bekymringen så om?Podcasten har besøg af arbejdsmarkedsforskeren Laust Høgedahl fra Aalborg Universitet. Han forklarer blandt andet, at Danmark er bange for at se EU-Domstolen udvide det nye direktivs anvendelse med tiden.”Domstolen er traditionelt meget aktiv med afgørelser, der får indflydelse på den førte politik. Vi har set for eksempel, hvordan arbejdstidsdirektivet i princippet ikke skulle have indflydelse på det danske arbejdsmarked, men som alligevel førte til, at vi var nødt til at supplere med dansk lovgivning,” siger han:”Så modstanden og bekymringen kommer af erfaring, og ikke bare fordi man lægger armene over kors og siger, at man ikke vil være med ud fra nogle ideologiske grunde.”Du får den grundige analyse i podcasten – hvor Altingets eksperter Rikke Albrechtsen og Thomas Lauritzen også tager pulsen på de europæiske lederes videotopmøde om covid torsdag aften.De europæiske smittetal eksploderer på ny, og både Frankrig og Tyskland har annonceret nye nedlukninger i denne uge.”Situationen er meget alvorlig, og den risikerer at blive værre, hvis vi ikke handler med hurtige og drastiske tiltag. Men fremtiden er i vores hænder,” siger den erfarne belgiske epidemilæge Peter Piot, som er særlig coronarådgiver for EU-Kommissionens forkvinde, Ursula von der Leyen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ein Kommentar von Bernhard Loyen. Es hat ein Weilchen gedauert. Wie kommt man auf so ein Wort? Corona-Fatigue, also Corona-Müdigkeit. Ursula von der Leyen hat sich per Video zu Wort gemeldet (1). Besorgt sei sie, denn es seien zwei eindeutige Feinde aus dem Brüsseler Hauptquartier heraus gesichtet worden, die das Leben der Europäer akut gefährden. Sie werden von der Politikerin benannt, mit - Corona, das Virus und eine Corona-Fatigue, zu verorten bei den aufmüpfigen Bürgern. Die wollen sich einfach nicht mehr an die Corona-Regeln halten. Diese seien aber momentan von hoher Priorität und Wichtigkeit. Wo sie diese Corona-Müdigkeit erlebt, bzw. gesehen hat, verriet sie nicht in ihrem Video. Wahrscheinlich wurden ihr separate Videos zugespielt aus Italien, England, Frankreich. Aus Deutschland, aus Spanien. Demonstrationen von unzufriedenen Europäern. Von verzweifelten und gebeutelten Menschen. Sie verstehe, dass die Menschen dieses Virus leid seien. Zitat: Wir bringen alle seit Monaten Opfer, und mich beeindruckt, was die Menschen, über eine so lange Zeit in Kauf nehmen. Sie zahlen einen hohen Preis, sozial und wirtschaftlich, viele Menschen leiden auch seelisch sehr stark unter den anhaltenden Einschränkungen ihrer persönlichen Freiheit und natürlich auch unter der sozialen Isolation, die wir alle erleben. Aber es ist jetzt nicht die Zeit locker zu lassen. Da war dann aber auch schon Schluss, mit dem in entsprechenden Momenten so gerne missbrauchten Wir seitens der Politik, weil es geht am Ende doch nur um die Interessen der ausübenden Erfüllungsgehilfen. Nicht um die realen Bedürfnisse von uns, dem Fußvolk. Wie kam es nun zu dieser Kreativität einer Feindesbenennung? Die Präsidentin der Europäischen Kommission hat natürlich unmittelbare Berater und Wortflüsterer. In ihrem Falle ist das Peter Piot. Ein Belgier. Der erschien im Mai diesen Jahres in den Medien, da er persönlich das Corona-Virus überlebte. Das beeindruckte und daher durfte er dann in einem Interview einfach mal behaupten, Zitat: „Ohne einen Coronavirus-Impfstoff werden wir nie wieder normal leben können“ (2). Der Arzt und Wissenschaftler hatte vor seiner Brüsseler Verpflichtung einen anderen interessanten Arbeitgeber. Er war Senior Fellow, also Stipendiat bei der Bill und Melinda Gates Foundation (3). Zu weit hergeholt? Nun, er ist zudem auch aktuell Mitglied bei der Deutschen Leopoldina (4)…weiterlesen hier:https://kenfm.de/bedrohung-fuer-europa-der-feind-heisst-corona-fatigue-von-bernhard-loyen/ JETZT KENFM UNTERSTÜTZEN: HTTPS://WWW.PATREON.COM/KENFMDE HTTPS://DE.TIPEEE.COM/KENFM HTTPS://FLATTR.COM/@KENFM DIR GEFÄLLT UNSER PROGRAMM? INFORMATIONEN ZU WEITEREN UNTERSTÜTZUNGSMÖGLICHKEITEN HIER: HTTPS://KENFM.DE/SUPPORT/KENFM-UNTERSTUETZEN/_ DU KANNST UNS AUCH MIT BITCOINS UNTERSTÜTZEN. BITCOIN-ADRESSE: 18FPENH1DH83GXXGPRNQSOW5TL1Z1PZGZK ABONNIERE JETZT DEN KENFM-NEWSLETTER: HTTPS://KENFM.DE/NEWSLETTER/_ KENFM JETZT AUCH ALS KOSTENLOSE APP FÜR ANDROID- UND IOS-GERÄTE VERFÜGBAR! ÜBER UNSERE HOMEPAGE KOMMT IHR ZU DEN STORES VON APPLE UND GOOGLE. HIER DER LINK: HTTPS://KENFM.DE/KENFM-APP/_ WEBSITE UND SOCIAL MEDIA: HTTPS://WWW.KENFM.DE HTTPS://WWW.TWITTER.COM/TEAMKENFM HTTPS://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/KENFM.DE/ HTTPS://SOUNDCLOUD.COM/KEN-FM See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Deze tweede reeks van De Tijd Vooruit start - hoe kan het ook anders in deze tijden - met een gesprek met topviroloog Peter Piot. Journalist Bert Rymen praat met Piot over leven met en na Corona. Over hoe deze crisis wetenschappelijke vooruitgang aan 300 kilometer per uur met zich meebrengt en over hoe onze maatschappij ingrijpend moet veranderen. “Handen schudden is nu definitief voorbij”, zegt Piot.  

Three individuals on three separate continents — Asia Society President and CEO Josette Sheeran, virologist Peter Piot, and opera singer Warren Mok — describe their experiences battling the coronavirus.

In episode 74 of Inside Covid-19, two of the scientific world's leading lights, Dr Peter Piot and Dr Thomas File, warn about thus-far overlooked long term impacts on the human body of the coronavirus; and as the world's focus swings from stemming infections to beating off the virus, we take a close look at how scientists are working on how to better identify our immune responses – and how these can be bolstered. In this episode we'll get more on antibodies and immunity from the head of Discovery's Clinical Policy unit; and in a separate analysis, the professor of Infectious Diseases and Vaccines at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology in San Diego, California. - Alec Hogg

In episode 74 of Inside Covid-19, two of the scientific world's leading lights, Dr Peter Piot and Dr Thomas File, warn about thus-far overlooked long term impacts on the human body of the coronavirus; and as the world's focus swings from stemming infections to beating off the virus, we take a close look at how scientists are working on how to better identify our immune responses – and how these can be bolstered. In this episode we'll get more on antibodies and immunity from the head of Discovery's Clinical Policy unit; and in a separate analysis, the professor of Infectious Diseases and Vaccines at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology in San Diego, California. - Alec Hogg

We bring you our fourth live Covid-19 Q&A, broadcast on Twitter and YouTube on 28 July with Professor Peter Piot, Director of LSHTM, Dr John Nkengasong, first Director of Africa CDC and presented by Sarah Boseley, Health Editor at The Guardian.

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Peter Piot is the Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission on Covid-19. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. Audio Interview: New SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Results, with Peter Piot. N Engl J Med 2020;383:e57.

Next Tuesday 28th July we are hosting our fourth COVID-19 Live Q&A with Peter Piot, Director of LSHTM, and John Nkengasong, Director of Africa CDC. Join our Q&A streamed on LSHTM's Twitter and YouTube channels to ask your questions direct to world-leading experts with moderation by Sarah Boseley, Health Editor at The Guardian.

Peter Piot, uno de los virólogos más importantes del mundo, aún se recupera del COVID-19 tras meses de padecer secuelas del virus y estar al borde de la muerte Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why did coronavirus strike so fast and so hard? There was plenty of warning that a pandemic was inevitable, but when a new virus emerged in a wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the world proved powerless to prevent it spreading. The finger has been pointed in various directions: a failure by the Chinese authorities to communicate, a sluggish response from the World Health Organisation, an ignorance of history, and what Ian Goldin, professor of globalisation and development at Oxford University, has termed the ‘Butterfly Defect' of globalisation. In this episode, Professor Goldin explores what he sees as the complacency of governments and a declining commitment to multilateralism as reasons for the new pandemic and its unprecedented economic consequences. He hears from, among others, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva; the man who identified the Ebola virus, Peter Piot; and the historian Margaret MacMillan. Producer: Tim Mansel

Dr. Peter Piot, a microbiologist who has fought infectious diseases all his career, contracted COVID-19 earlier this year. We discuss how this changed his outlook on pandemics preparation, and what the world’s urgent attention on COVID-19 means for another modern virus: HIV, a virus which remains far from being defeated.Peter was a guest on the podcast in season 1 (S01 Ep04) where he and Dr. Heidi Larson talked about lessons for future epidemics. You can listen to that episode on our website or download it from your favorite podcast platform.https://www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com/podcast-1/episode-04-ebola-amp-hiv-lessons-for-future-epidemicsFor more information:https://www.lshtm.ac.ukhttps://bayareaglobalhealth.orghttps://sfcommunityhealth.orghttps://coronavirus.ucsf.eduhttps://www.who.inthttps://www.cdc.govhttps://www.nih.govhttps://covid19.ca.govhttps://coronavirus.health.ny.govhttps://coronavirus.jhu.eduwww.ashotinthearmpodcast.comThis episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. You can find this episode and past episodes of A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley on this (and other) podcast platforms. Please subscribe and give us 5 stars!Thanks for listening!

No part of the globe has been spared the effects of the novel coronavirus, with people in nearly every country becoming infected. Although the severity of cases varies widely, even those who know viruses the best can fall victim to its devastating effects. William Brangham talks to Dr. Peter Piot, who for decades led the global fight against HIV/AIDS, about his own experience with the illness. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

No part of the globe has been spared the effects of the novel coronavirus, with people in nearly every country becoming infected. Although the severity of cases varies widely, even those who know viruses the best can fall victim to its devastating effects. William Brangham talks to Dr. Peter Piot, who for decades led the global fight against HIV/AIDS, about his own experience with the illness. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Federaal Fractieleider voor N-VA, Peter De Roover, was erbij op de laatste superkern afgelopen vrijdag. Waarom heeft N-VA het laatste pakket steunmaatregelen niet mee ondertekend? Virusjager Peter Piot, bekend van de strijd tegen HIV, werd zelf getroffen door het coronavirus. Bij ons nam hij voor het eerst terug deel aan een gesprek samen met virologe Erika Vlieghe, voorzitter van de GEES en Paul Stoffels van Johnson & Johnson, het farmaceutische bedrijf dat binnenkort start met testen op mensen van een mogelijk vaccin. Moeten de standbeelden van Leopold II verdwijnen uit ons straatbeeld en is dat voldoende in de strijd tegen racisme? Kamerleden Jessika Soors (Groen), Sammy Mahdi (CD&V) en Theo Francken (N-VA) gingen in debat.

Peter Piot is the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and is still recovering from coronavirus after being diagnosed back in March. He joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss his ordeal as well as the global response. When Dorothy Duffy sadly lost her older sister to Covid-19, who was living in a care home at the time, she wrote a beautiful and emotive poem to highlight how she is not just a statistic. She reads some of that poignant piece and explains her thought process. Then our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Anand Giridharadas, author of “Winners Take All”, about hosting his new Vice TV show, "Seat At The Table". He questions the seat of power and money in the United States and argues why society must adapt if we are to prosper. And Finally - Sue Stuart-Smith, psychiatrist and author of "The Well-Gardened Mind", and Ron Finley, who calls himself "The Gangsta Gardener", explain why gardening is much more than just tending to your plants. They reflect on the psychological and health benefits that it holds, particularly whilst we are confined to our homes.

In his first interview since being hospitalised with COVID-19, LSHTM Director and world-leading virologist Peter Piot gives a personal account of his experience with the novel coronavirus. He shares lessons learned from his work on Ebola and HIV, the role of survivors in the COVID-19 response, and his renewed mission for tackling the pandemic.

In this 6th Episode: a reading from a famous passage by Dr. Carl Sagan, and also a brilliant "straight talk" COVID-19 article from Science Magazine and Dr. Peter Piot. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tomreadsyourstory/message

Breaking news about novel coronavirus is dominating headlines, making the context we need to understand it more important than ever. This week, as the virus redefines every aspect of our lives, we’re turning to the experts to help us understand where we were before the news of COVID-19 hit and how we ended up where we are today. What can we learn from past pandemics? How will this change our relationship with China, where this all began? First, we have Dr. Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to discuss the Spanish flu, his experiences fighting the Ebola outbreak, including, what a resilient global health system looks like and what needs to happen to be prepared for a pandemic. Next, we hear from David M. Lampton, of the Stanford Spogli Freeman Institute, to discuss the complicated history behind the US - China relationship. We want to hear from you! Please take part in a quick survey to tell us how we can improve our podcast: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWZ7KMW

Peter Piot, the Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, joins Christiane from self-isolation in London to explain the ongoing health risks of Covid-19 and whether warmer weather could stop it's spread. Symone Sanders, a senior adviser to Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, discusses his latest primary wins and the impact of the virus on the 2020 election. David Miliband talks about the impact of the coronavirus on the world's refugees and most vulnerable.

In this episode, infectious disease expert Peter Piot discusses the origination, spread and management of COVID-19, lessons from his prior work discovering and managing the Ebola virus, and steps to take to prepare for future outbreaks. The interview is moderated by Goldman Sachs' Sally Boyle. Date: February 21, 2020 This podcast should not be copied, distributed, published or reproduced, in whole or in part, or disclosed by any recipient to any other person. The information contained in this podcast does not constitute a recommendation from any Goldman Sachs entity to the recipient. Neither Goldman Sachs nor any of its affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the statements or any information contained in this podcast and any liability therefore (including in respect of direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage) is expressly disclaimed. The views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily those of Goldman Sachs, and Goldman Sachs is not providing any financial, economic, legal, accounting or tax advice or recommendations in this podcast. In addition, the receipt of this podcast by any recipient is not to be taken as constituting the giving of investment advice by Goldman Sachs to that recipient, nor to constitute such person a client of any Goldman Sachs entity. Copyright 2020 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. All rights reserved.

shutterstock To end the HIV and AIDS epidemic by 2030, the United Nations established an ambitious set of goals known as 90-90-90. The idea is that by 2020, 90% of people who are HIV infected will be diagnosed, 90% of people who are diagnosed will be on antiretroviral treatment and 90% of those who receive antiretrovirals will be virally suppressed. In today’s episode of Pasha, Peter Piot, Director and Handa Professor of Global Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, discusses what these goals entail and how far the world is from attaining them. Read more: HIV, AIDS and 90-90-90: what is it and why does it matter? Photo: By Mohdizuan AIDS/HIV word on a wooden table. Aids/HIV Concept. healthcare and medical concept. Shutterstock Music “Happy African Village” by John Bartmann, found on FreeMusicArchive.org licensed under CC0 1.

In 1976 Peter Piot was a 27-year-old microbiologist working in Belgium when he travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, then called Zaire, to investigate a particularly deadly disease outbreak. He took samples back to his lab and was among the team that first discovered the ebola virus.   Today, he is one of the world's leading experts on epidemics and infectious diseases. This includes HIV/AIDS. In 1995, he was the founding director of the United Nations Program on AIDS, called UNAIDS, and served in that role until 2008. He is now the director of one of the world's most prestigious health research institutes, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.  And on the podcast today, we talk about epidemics and what can be done to avert and contain them. This includes the ongoing ebola epidemic in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,which is now the second worst ebola outbreak in history. And we also discuss what the world has gotten right -- and wrong about both fighting HIV and AIDS and how we define ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic.  We kick off though discussing the kind of nightmare scenarios that most concern Peter Piot. This includes what he calls "the big one." 

Looking back at the early stages of HIV and AIDS, there is no doubt that enormous progress has been made. HIV is not a death sentence anymore and people living with HIV can live a similar life to people who don't have HIV. Despite its progress, experts are warning that there is a danger of backsliding, due to what they call, “Complacency” and “an overemphasis on treatment at the expense of prevention.”On today’s episode, my guest, Peter Piot, discusses the reality of HIV and what the future brings.Peter Piot is a world-renowned Belgian microbiologist, known for his research into Ebola and AIDS. After helping discover the Ebola virus in 1976 and leading efforts to contain the first-ever recorded Ebola epidemic that same year, Peter Piot became a pioneering researcher into AIDS. He was the founding Executive Director of UNAIDS, and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1995 until 2008. Under his leadership, UNAIDS became the chief advocate for worldwide action against AIDS, spearheading UN reform by bringing together 10 UN system organizations. During his career, professor Piot has received numerous awards for his contributions to global health, including the Bloomberg Hopkins 100 Award, the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize, the Prince Mahidol Award for Public Health and the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award. He was the 2014 Time - Person of the Year, and has published more than 550 scientific articles, and 17 books, including his memoirs, "No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses.” Peter Piot has made huge contributions to HIV and AIDS research and played a leading role in the global response to the AIDS epidemic, especially in Africa. Today he's the director of the world-renowned London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.So, listen to Episode 01 of Positively Alive, to find out how far are we from a functional cure, what are the problems with funding the HIV and also, Peter’s opinion on stigma.Questions I ask:What is your view on the complacency and overemphasis on treatment at the expense of prevention? (03:19)Do you believe that people tend to forget that HIV will be with us for generations to come? (05:17)How far are we really from a functional cure and a vaccine against HIV? (09:15)How has AIDS been a catalyst for the rise of global health as a multi-disciplinary field of study and practice? (18:24)What would you describe as your major accomplishments at the helm of UNAIDS? (26:53)What is the role that UNAIDS will play in the near future? (28:44)Given the enormity of what you have accomplished, is there really anything that you could have done differently? (32:12)In this episode, you will learn:How realistic it is to get everybody on treatment. (06:43)What PREP is and how efficient it is. (08:20)The 90-90-90 objective. (13:02)The trouble with funding for HIV. (15:24)HIV and stigma– the paradox between the fact that progress has been made with HIV but the depression and anxiety rates are still growing. (21:46)The importance of the studies that show that undetectable is untransmittable. (24:57)Resources mentioned:Book: No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly VirusesUNAIDS websiteStudies mentioned:Opposites attractPartner 1Partner 2 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At the age of 27, Peter Piot’s life was changed by the arrival of a special package from Africa. He was working as a researcher in a microbiology lab in Antwerp, Belgium; and, in September 1976, the lab was alerted that a package was on its way from Zaire: samples of blood from an epidemic that was stirring along the river Congo. Several Belgian nuns had already died of a strange new disease. The disease – which Peter Piot and his team identified, and named – was Ebola, and he went on to play a leading role in helping to contain the epidemic. He then led research into the worldwide epidemic which followed, the new disease of AIDS, becoming President of the International Aids society. Peter Piot has held prominent positions in the United Nations and in the World Health Organisation and has been ennobled both in Belgium and in Britain, where in 2016 he was made an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George. It’s a career which has taken him all over the world, and though Peter Piot is now the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, he still travels a great deal. His musical choices reflect that, with music from Africa, including a piece performed for him on his 60th birthday by the 'king of Rumba Rock', Papa Wemba. He includes, too, a rarely heard viol piece by the Flemish composer Leonora Duarte, which he discovered when he was studying in Antwerp. With the horrifying return of Ebola, Peter Piot reflects on a career which has been spent very close to the dead and dying. And he chooses music which helps him make sense of the tragedies he has witnessed first-hand: Kathleen Ferrier singing Gluck’s heart-breaking aria “Che Faro”. Produced by Elizabeth Burke A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3

The world is already fighting epidemics - what can we learn from our responses to Ebola and HIV to prepare and anticipate future epidemics? In this special live recording at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club, we talk with Peter Piot and Heidi Larson of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. *This week's episode was recorded live from the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on April 25th, 2019.You might find these links helpful:www.lsthm.ac.ukwww.calpep.orghttp://sph.berkeley.edu/https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/http://www.csueastbay.edu/http://med.stanford.edu/https://www.commonwealthclub.org/www.sfchc.orgwww.sfaf.orghttps://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/index.htmlAnd if you want to know more about HIV:https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basicsAs always, you can find us at Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Play Music, and on Facebook and Twitter @shotarmpodcast. Subscribe, and if you like us, remember to give us five stars!

Ten years ago the world financial system had a heart attack. Gripped by panic, banks stopped lending, cash ran out and the world came to the edge of a financial precipice. Professor Ian Goldin questions whether lessons have really been learned from what happened a decade ago and asks whether we are now better prepared to identify and prevent the next one? He talks about the threat that climate change might pose with Lord Nick Stern, asks Peter Piot – the man who discovered Ebola – how problematic a pandemic might be and questions whether financial innovation is really a good thing with Anat Admati, co-author of The Bankers' New Clothes. Presenter: Ian Goldin Producer: Ben Carter (Photo: Bitcoin. Credit: Omar Marques/Getty Images)

It’s been 100 years since the Spanish flu killed millions worldwide. While we’ve made medical and technological progress in the century since, the world remains vulnerable to mass disease. In this week’s episode, we’ll discuss how greater mobility, population pressures and climate change increase the risk of global epidemics. Peter Piot, Director of Global Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, talks with Markos Kounalakis, visiting fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, about the importance of effective outbreak preparedness. We want to hear from you! Please take part in a quick survey to tell us how we can improve our podcast: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWZ7KMW    

The microbiologist who helped to discover the Ebola virus answers the question.

Every year the CVR's postdocs and students award the 'Sir Michael Stoker award' to a leading scientist in virology who comes to our institute, meets with students and staff and gives a lecture. Past winners include Vincent Racaniello, Peter Piot, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, Beatrice Hahn with this year's winner being David Baltimore. In 2015, Jon Yewdell was the Stoker prize winner and he came to the CVR and delivered his famous 'How to Succeed in Science Without Really Trying' lecture. We were lucky enough to record it for Contagious Thinking. Listen here to Jon's wisdom and get excited for science again! Picture is (L to R), Joanna Crispell (PhD student), Ben Brennan (postdoc), Jon Yewdell, and Prof John McLauchlan (CVR PI).

Möt Peter Piot, belgisk mikrobiolog som är känd för sin forskning om ebolafeber och aids. Han var med om att upptäcka ebolavirus 1976. Hör också om ett nytt försök att bekämpa cancer med hjälp av virus. Redaktör för Kvanthopp: Marcus Rosenlund.

Every year (it's happening as we speak!)the CVR holds an exciting competition called the "Sir Michael Stoker Award". This prize is unique in that the winner is selected by the junior members of the CVR: the PhD students and Postdocs and is an excellent opportunity to meet our virology idols and all nominees for the prize are established, outstanding virologists who have made a significant contribution to their field. In previous years we have had Mike Malim, Francoise Barre Sinoussi, Vincent Racaniello and Peter Piot. Beatrice Hahn won the 2016 competition and came to the CVR late last year. Professor Beatrice Hahn who is based at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, was 2016's winner of the prize and while she was at the CVR she recorded a podcast with the Contagious Thinking team. Beatrice is most well know for her work on the zoonotic nature of HIV and understanding the origins and evolution of modern human infectious diseases (http://www.pnas.org/content/110/17/6613.full). Here, she talks to Yasmin Parr, Joanna Crispell and Steve Larcombe (from IBAHCM) about her fascinating science and career. Image credit from the CVR. Edited intro/outro music credit: 'Take me higher' by 'Jahzzar'. freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/…Me_Higher_1626 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

Peter Piot är chef för London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, och han var med i teamet som upptäckte Ebola på 70-talet. Han säger att influensan är det största hotet mot vår hälsa just nu. Förr eller senare kommer nästa stora pandemi i stil med Spanska sjukan som skördade tiotals miljoner liv efter första världskriget. Ändå tycks alla bara vilja tala om HIV / AIDS och Ebola, till exempel. Redaktör för Kvanthopp: Marcus Rosenlund.

In an audio interview, Peter Piot discusses a private-sector partnership that draws on tech and puts patients first. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has teamed up with the philanthropic arm of the pharmaceutical company Novartis to test a new tack to managing the rising burden of chronic diseases in the developing world. In an interview recorded this week at a symposium co-hosted by the pair, LSHTM director Peter Piot outlines elements of the partnership. He focuses on two elements: the need for a “systems design” approach to care that puts people first, and the promise of “evolutions and revolutions” in digital technology for areas where resources are in short supply, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa. Four out of five patients who suffer from chronic conditions — 9.4 million people — live in low- and middle-income countries. But with little aid money and poor existing infrastructure, health systems are often too weak to offer the diagnostics and treatments needed for conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity or cancers. And there are more barriers to care: people who struggle to make ends meet often can’t afford the time or the money to visit a hospital. Many are not even aware their health is at risk. LSHTM’s work with the Novartis Foundation draws on a lesson from the management of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, according to Ann Aerts, head of the Foundation: the need to build healthcare around the reality of patients’ lives. It relies on innovation in both technology and in the way services are delivered.

With the Zika epidemic in Brazil being declared an international health emergency just months after the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa, Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Peter Piot about a lifetime spent trying to stop the spread of deadly viruses. Peter came across a strange new virus in 1976 when he was working in a small lab in his home town, Antwerp. Weeks later he was in Zaire meeting patients and trying to understand the transmission routes of this terrifying new virus which, together with colleagues, he named Ebola. Thousands of miles from home and surrounded by people dying, he says he felt very much alive. His career path was set. He was heavily involved in the recent Ebola epidemic but most of Peter's career has been devoted to stopping the transmission of another deadly virus, HIV. He spent most of the eighties trying to convince the world that HIV/AIDS was a heterosexual disease and much of the nineties trying to mobilise the World Health Organisation and other UN agencies to take the threat posed to the world by HIV more seriously. It wasn't easy. Today he is Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London. Producer: Anna Buckley.

Peter Piot discusses new recommendations for health agencies and public health systems in response to the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak.

Peter Piot outlines key themes and priorities emerging from The Lancet/UNAIDS Commission launched on June 25

Dr. Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, joins CMAJ News to reflect on his career fighting two of the most feared viruses of our time. In 1976, he codiscovered Ebola. And as founding director of UNAIDS, Dr. Piot has been a champion in the global response to HIV. For these efforts, he recently received the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award. In this podcast, Dr. Piot shares insights into the West Africa Ebola outbreak, changing perceptions of the AIDS pandemic, and the importance of physician advocacy.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the Director of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Professor Peter Piot. As a microbiologist he is known for his research into viruses and into the public health aspects of sexually transmitted diseases, and, more recently, on the politics of AIDS and global health. Born in Leuven in Belgium, he studied medicine and in 1976, as a young researcher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, he was sent a blood sample of a Belgian nun living in what was then Zaire who had fallen ill with a mysterious disease. On investigation, Piot and his colleagues realised it was a virus they'd not seen before which they went on to identify as Ebola. He then travelled to Zaire to help quell the outbreak. Later, back in Antwerp, he developed an interest in sexually transmitted diseases and joined the World Health Organisation's Global Programme on HIV/AIDS in 1992. Appointed as Executive Director of the newly created Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS in late 1994 his major successes were putting AIDS on the political agenda and achieving a reduction in the price of antiretroviral drugs. Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Tara C. Smith Tara Smith joins the TWiEBOVsters to discuss the Ebola virus outbreak in west Africa, spread of the disease to and within the US, transmission of the virus, and much more.   This episode of TWiV is brought to you by the Department of Microbiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Composed of over 20 virology labs, all centralized in one building in the heart of New York City, this department is a perfect fit for anyone with an interest in pursuing virus research. The Department is presently looking to recruit any prospective graduate students to apply to our program by the December 1st deadline. Interested postdocs are also encouraged to contact faculty of interest. For more information about the Department, please visit www.mssm.edu/MIC. Links for this episode Science communications fellow at ASM Nation turns to science (New Yorker) CDC employees in West Africa (CDC) UN botched Ebola response (AP) Ebola czar (CNN) Ebola vaccine and budget cuts (HuffPo) Collins' ridiculous meme (NOT junk) How to quarantine against Ebola (Mukherjee) Ebola fear in Heartland (Tara Smith) Massive mutations in Ebola virus (PunditFact) Ebola airport screening (CDC) What is contact tracing? (video) (CDC) Inside MSF Ebola unit (YouTube) Ebola tech bulletin (DuPont) HAI controversies Letters read on TWiV 307 Weekly Science Picks Alan - Fall foliage mapKathy - Interviews with Peter Piot (one, two) and autobiographyVincent - The Ebola connection Listener Pick of the Week Brooke - N.B. Designs on EtsyVictor - SMBC Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

In this audio clip, Professor Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and one of the members of the team that discovered Ebola in 1976, and Dr Kandeh Yumkella, UN Under-Secretary-General - Special Representative & CEO - Sustainable Energy for All, speak about the cultural dimensions of Ebola, behavioural change and the role of Community Radio in disseminating information to help contain the disease. Interviews by Carlos Chirinos. Image: Ebola awareness poster, UNICEF.

The warnings about Ebola have been apocalyptic - Liberia's defence minister says it threatens his country's existence, while the US president says it threatens 'global security'. Three thousand people have already died from the disease and the World Health Organisation warns the number of cases is likely to exceed 20,000 within weeks - and it is spreading. America has diagnosed the first case outside Africa. Hardtalk speaks to professor Peter Piot, the man who first identified the disease back in the 70s. Forty years on we still do not have a cure. So, what should be done to stop it?

On World AIDS Day, (December 1st, 2010) the Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Peter Piot — formerly head of UNAIDS — speaks out in support of a push for a co-ordinated and well-funded sustained strategic response to the challenge of AIDS. He discusses the importance of World AIDS Day, priorities for the future, and lessons learned from the fight against AIDS which could be applied to the looming confrontation with chronic non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

On World AIDS Day, (December 1st, 2010) the Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Peter Piot — formerly head of UNAIDS — speaks out in support of a push for a co-ordinated and well-funded sustained strategic response to the challenge of AIDS. He discusses the importance of World AIDS Day, priorities for the future, and lessons learned from the fight against AIDS which could be applied to the looming confrontation with chronic non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *World AIDS Day 2010: Universal Access and Human Rights* guest essay by Art Ammann for Sunday, 5 December 2010; book review: *Face to Face; Children of the AIDS Crisis in Africa* by Karen Ande (photography) and Ruthann Richter (text), with a foreword by Peter Piot (2010); film review: *Sweetgrass* (2009); poem review: *On the Mystery of the Incarnation* by Denise Levertov.

Entrepreneurship in the Community.

Financing Innovation: How can we utilise novel mechanisms to fund innovation?

Opening remarks for the Medical Innovation 2010 Conference and a Keynote Address given by Prof Baron Peter Piot, The Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, 'Harnessing Innovation to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Global Health Landscape'

Innovation to Practice: What are the challanges to bringing innovative drugs and devices into healthcare delivery and practice globally?

Healthcare Service Innovations: How do we provide high quality healthcare with decreased resources globally?

Evaluating Innovation: How do we evaluate innovation appropriately?

Change and Innovation: What are the obstacles to change in complex health organisations in the UK?

Clinical Entrepreneurship.

Dr Peter Piot, Director of the Institute for Global Health, Imperial College, draws on his experience at the United Nations to explain why Aids needs business to provide the leadership of the future. Good leadership, he says, is about running programmes not based on opinion polls but on what is good for society.

Executive Director of UNAIDS since its creation in 1995 and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Peter Piot comes from a distinguished academic and scientific career focusing on AIDS and women's health in the developing world. (May 9, 2007)

Editor Richard Horton introduces the audio summary for this week's HIV/AIDS special issue. Also featured is the World Report about HIV/AIDS in Russia, and interviews with Richard Feachem from the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria, and Peter Piot of UNAIDS.