Dimensions
165 x 244 x 36mm
In the 1970s as a young man, Piot was sent to Central Africa as part of a team tasked with identifying a grisly new virus. Crossing into the quarantine zone on the most dangerous missions, he studied local customs to determine how this disease- the Ebola virus- was spreading.
Later, Piot found himself in the field again when another mysterious epidemic broke out- AIDS. leading the first international AIDS initiatives he negotiated policies with leaders from Fidel Castro to Thabo Mbeki and helped turn the tide of the epidemic.
