LEADER 03718nam 2200637 450 001 9910812160403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-53877-4 024 7 $a10.7312/piot16626 035 $a(CKB)3710000000373555 035 $a(EBL)1885357 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001437468 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12540776 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001437468 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11364153 035 $a(PQKB)11733085 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001133097 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1885357 035 $a(DE-B1597)458466 035 $a(OCoLC)979904334 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231538770 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1885357 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11048458 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL751460 035 $a(OCoLC)905307031 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000373555 100 $a20140707h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAIDS between science and politics /$fPeter Piot ; translated by Laurence Garey 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-336-20174-6 311 $a0-231-16626-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA 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. 330 $aPeter 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. 606 $aAIDS (Disease)$xPrevention 606 $aCommunicable diseases 615 0$aAIDS (Disease)$xPrevention. 615 0$aCommunicable diseases. 676 $a362.19697/92 700 $aPiot$b Peter$f1949-$0802327 702 $aGarey$b Laurence 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812160403321 996 $aAIDS between science and politics$93965747 997 $aUNINA