Peter Piot
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"Baron Peter Piot", MD, PhD FRCP Academy of Medical Sciences/FMedSci (born 1949) is a Belgium/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, Piot became a pioneering researcher into AIDS. He has held key positions in the United Nations and World Health Organization involving AIDS research. He has also served as a professor at several universities worldwide.

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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.

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It is quite clear that our current global efforts remain inadequate for an epidemic that is continuing to spiral out of control.

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[UNAIDS presents a more clinical argument.] We deal with the facts, ... And if you exclude any group from the process in response to AIDS, you can never build an effective response. That's the fact.

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There will be, for the first time, more people in their 60s and 70s than people in their 30s and 40s.

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It's one of the greatest injustices in the world today, ... Without massive treatment programs there won't be people left in the most affected countries to organize prevention programs, to teach in the schools, to organize the farms, to lead the country.

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We are facing here a crisis that is unprecedented.

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The world needs $10 billion a year to treat those with HIV in the poor nations, to make sure that the number of new infections is going down dramatically, and to take care of orphans.

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

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AIDS is tightening its grip on southern Africa and threatening other regions of the world. Today's report warns regions experiencing newer HIV epidemics that they can either act now or pay later -- as Africa is now having to pay.

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