Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Africa - Voice of America: Senegal Vigilant Against HIV/AIDS Despite Success

Africa - Voice of America
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Senegal Vigilant Against HIV/AIDS Despite Success
Jul 10th 2012, 16:41

DAKAR – The global public health community has praised Senegal for its early and effective response to HIV/AIDS since the country reported its first cases in 1986. For the past 15 years, infection rates have remained, on average, below one percent.   In 1985, two Senegalese doctors went to see their country's president, Abdou Diouf.   HIV/AIDS had only been discovered a few years earlier, and the two men had just documented an alarming 12-percent rate of ...

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