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Coronavirus Global Response
Statement3 May 2020Directorate-General for Communication

Coronavirus Global Response International Pledging Event Countdown - Peter Piot

Video: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-190168

Professor Peter Piot is a 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, Peter Piot became a pioneering researcher into AIDS. He has held key positions in the United Nations and World Health Organization involving AIDS research and management. He is currently Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

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Publication date
3 May 2020
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Directorate-General for Communication