Senegal: Renewed focus on Aids

In contrast to most sub-Saharan African countries, Senegal's successful attempts to check the spread of HIV/AIDS has transformed the country into a model over the last two decades - a source of inspiration in the global fight against the epidemic. Twenty years on Senegal is still having to battle against some die-hard attitudes, including risky sex behaviour among the youth, whose reticence to test - because of societal stigma attached to HIV positive status - is raising tremendous concern.