senegal: Women's Groups Seek Mandatory Premarital HIV Testing

Women's groups are urging health officials to make premarital HIV testing mandatory so that ''young women are protected against AIDS''. The CAR-Femmes coalition, which is spearheading the campaign, is being supported by the Association of Women and Youth for Africa's Development. Safietou Ba Diop, the coordinator of CAR-Femmes, says ''many Senegalese women believe that prenuptial testing will protect them against HIV infection''.