Niger: Health workers report increased willingness to take HIV tests

More and more people in the landlocked desert state of Niger are volunteering to undergo testing for HIV/AIDS as acceptance and understanding of the disease improves, according to health workers in the capital, Niamey. "The image of AIDS has changed. People no longer associate it with death, weight loss, incurability", Doctor Kadidiatu Gouro, the director of the Anonymous and Voluntary Testing Centre (CEDAV) in Niamey told IRIN.