Senegal

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• Young people's stories about condoms can help re-shape prevention messages

  Behaviour change interventions
  Roger Pebody | 17 February 2011

  The themes and preoccupations of stories submitted by young people in six African countries should be looked at to inform HIV prevention programmes, researchers write in the journal Social Science and Medicine. ...

• Older patients on ART in West Africa have higher risk of death

  Carole Leach-Lemens | 27 July 2009

  Patients over the age of 50 on antiretroviral treatment in West Africa are at increased risk for death compared to younger age groups, Didier Koumani Ekouevi presenting on behalf of ...

• High prevalence of lipodystropy amongst patients taking HIV treatment in Senegal: d4T sole risk factor

  Side-effects
  Michael Carter | 11 May 2009

  Approximately a third of patients starting antiretroviral treatment in Senegal developed moderate to severe lipodystrophy, with the use of d4T being the sole risk factor, investigators report in a study ...

• Human rights organisations express outrage over Burundi's criminalisation of homosexuality

  Michael Carter | 28 April 2009

  Human rights organisations from around the world have joined together to call for the immediate reversal of Burundi’s criminalisation of homosexuality. On April 22nd, President Pierre Nkurunziza secretly signed legislation ...

• Senegal frees HIV workers imprisoned for being gay

  Michael Carter | 20 April 2009

  The court of appeal in Senegal has freed nine gay men imprisoned in January 2009 for “acts against nature and the creation of a criminal organisation.” An international outcry followed ...

• Men becoming visible: more light shed on men who have sex with men in Africa and India

  Gus Cairns | 13 February 2009

  The majority of men who have sex with men (MSM) in three different African countries and in Tamil Nadu State in India also have sex with women, according to two ...

• Leading human rights organisation calls for release of HIV workers in Senegal

  Transmission and prevention
  Michael Carter | 12 January 2009

  The conviction of nine men involved in HIV prevention work for “indecent and unnatural acts” and “forming associations of criminals" in Senegal on 6th January demonstrates how laws against homosexuality ...

• Southern Africa: a long road to male circumcision

  Adherence
  Reproduced from PLUS NEWS | 11 December 2008

  Looking to get circumcised to reduce your risk of HIV infection? If you’re living in Southern Africa, you might have a long wait until services become more widely available. The demand ...