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  • No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses

    A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses

    by Peter Piot ...
    The story of a microbiologist’s remarkable career, from identifying ?the Ebola virus to pioneering AIDS research and policy.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 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Reproductive Tract Infections

    Global Impact and Priorities for Women’s Reproductive Health

    Edited by Adrienne Germain, Peter Piot, Judith Wasserheit, King K. Holmes ...
    Series series Reproductive Biology
    Reproductive tract infections (RTis) have become a silent epidemic that is devastating women's lives. Each year, thousands of women die needlessly from the consequences of these infections, including cervical cancer, ectopic pregnancy, acute and chronic infections of the uterus and the fallopian tubes, and puerperal infections. For many women, this happens because they receive medical attention ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Medical Humanitarianism

    Ethnographies of Practice

    by Peter Piot ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    Medical humanitarianism—medical and other health-related initiatives undertaken in conditions born of conflict, neglect, or disaster —has a prominent and growing presence in international development, global health, and human security interventions. Medical Humanitarianism: Ethnographies of Practice features twelve essays that fold back the curtains on the individual experiences, institutional ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • AIDS as an International Political Issue

    A Selection from AIDS Between Science and Politics

    by Peter Piot ...
    Translated by Laurence Garey ...
    Series series To the Point
    Peter Piot, founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), reports on 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, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Medical Humanitarianism

    Ethnographies of Practice

    by Peter Piot ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    Medical humanitarianism—medical and other health-related initiatives undertaken in conditions born of conflict, neglect, or disaster —has a prominent and growing presence in international development, global health, and human security interventions. Medical Humanitarianism: Ethnographies of Practice features twelve essays that fold back the curtains on the individual experiences, institutional ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • AIDS Between Science and Politics

    by Peter Piot ...
    Translated by Laurence Garey ...
    Peter 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 ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Fourth Edition

    by King K. Holmes, P. Frederick Sparling, Walter E. Stamm, Judith N. Wasserheit, Lawrence Corey, Myron S. Cohen, Peter Piot ...
    The most respected, all-in-one global STD reference - now in full-colorWith a level of detail and scientific rigor that no other text can match, Sexually Transmitted Diseases takes you through all aspects of STDs, from epidemiology to diagnosis and public health measures. Featuring an exciting new full-color format, the fourth edition of Sexually Transmitted Diseases delivers the most encyclopedic ... Read more

    $308.69 USD

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  • The Demon in the Freezer

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