Peter Piot Quotes (31 Quotes)

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.

We are entering a new phase in the global response to AIDS. I am convinced because of political commitments, because of the money that is now increasing in a big way -- eight billion dollars (6.6 billion euros) this year -- that we are starting to see results. But in order to really reverse the tide of this epidemic we need also to focus more on children, not only adults.

AIDS has become one of the greatest leadership challenges worldwide and the need is to have a vibrant political leadership that could make bold decisions to contain the epidemic, ... Today the issue of AIDS is in the same category as global warming or glo

The era of implementation has started. The world is now committed to universal treatment.

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.

The key to protecting the children is preventing infection in parents,

Africa is fragile, and this could really overburden its systems.

All the elements are here for the rapid spread of HIV, so it's(up to us) to express concern and to highlight the opportunities that are there. The opportunities are enormous to really stop the epidemic, to nip it in the bud.

The fastest spread of HIV is in eastern Europe, in the countries of the former Soviet Union. It is mostly driven by a heroin epidemic... Russia alone has already well over one people living with HIV.

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.

Our number one concern is to make the money work.

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,

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

Twenty years into the AIDS epidemic ... 40 million people are living with HIV, 25 million have died, and if we continue with the current low level of response in many countries, we can be sure that in the next 20 years that close to 70 million people will die because of AIDS.

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

Governments of this continent have to increase their investment in AIDS, ... And in education and health, they all have an army. I mean there are resources there. Even if you're poor it's a matter of prioritization. And I think it's not too much.

We are on very thin ice here. AIDS has made a mess of Africa's health care systems, and none of the factors that created the AIDS disaster have gone away. But with bird flu, we could be looking at things getting worse in a matter of months, not decades.

In the '80s, he was truly a visionary at a time when it was absolutely not clear how devastating and epidemic AIDS would become, ... He pulled off what he called a global response both in developing and developed countries.

We are facing here a crisis that is unprecedented.

We all need to begin thinking out of the box.

This should be a matter of national priority. The national government, the governors in every province, the mass organizations like the women's federation and youth league -- they all have to be on board. The media are not talking enough about AIDS. Journalists can save lives when it comes to AIDS as much as doctors can.

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

Misinformation about the disease and stigma against people living with HIV still hamper prevention, care and treatment efforts everywhere. If we are to get ahead of the AIDS epidemic, we must tackle stigma, ensure that the available funds are spent effectively to scale-up HIV prevention, care and treatment programs, and mobilize more resources.

Twenty-five years into this (AIDS) epidemic, it's ironic that there's never been any specific attention for children and AIDS. Yet every minute a child dies because of AIDS,

The number of people living with HIV globally has reached its highest level ever at an estimated 40.3 million people.

The global response to AIDS has gained real momentum in the past decade, so much so that for the first time we can hope to get ahead of the epidemic.

Coca-Cola Africa's special strength is its ability to bring its unrivalled marketing and logistics expertise to responses to the epidemic, from the community to the highest political level,

There are other countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, they have also emerging AIDS epidemics. So what is going on here in Indonesia is going to be highly relevant to other parts of the world.

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,

Commitment is vital, ... Resolutions will help, but the world must do more than talk about this epidemic. We must end it.

over the past four years two disquieting facts become evident One is that AIDS is an unprecedented global crisis. There is simply no other example of that kind.