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Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Professor Peter Piot

Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Professor Peter Piot

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The man who first identified Ebola in the 70s and what can be done to control the disease

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The warnings about Ebola have been apocalyptic - Liberia's
defence minister says it threatens his country's existence, while
the US president says it threatens 'global security'. Three
thousand people have already died from the disease and the World
Health Organisation warns the number of cases is likely to exceed
20,000 within weeks - and it is spreading. America has diagnosed
the first case outside Africa. Hardtalk speaks to professor Peter
Piot, the man who first identified the disease back in the 70s.
Forty years on we still do not have a cure. So, what should be
done to stop it?