Panafrican News Agency - December 4, 2001
The first centre was established years ago in Dakar, the capital.
Kaolack (with 90,000 inhabitants) was chosen mainly because the prevalence rate of 1.8 percent there is higher than that found in the rest of Senegal, having a national average of 1.4 percent.
Young girls in Kaolack are also more affected than boys, according to Senegal's national AIDS control programme, which puts infection rates for girls at 2.07 percent and boys at 1.2 percent.
"This centre is a good initiative of the government, but the youths must adopt responsible sexual behaviours," Isma l, a youngster from Kaolack, said.
Senegal's minister of Health and Preventive services, Eva Marie Coll Seck said the centre exemplifies efforts by the government and grassroots associations toward the control of AIDS.
Senegal is among countries that have succeeded in negotiating with pharmaceutical industries a substantial reduction of the prices of anti-retrovirals.
UNAIDS, USAID, Family Health International (FHI) and the Senegalese Islamic NGO Jamra co-financed the centre.
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