AIDS PREVENTION IN SENEGAL
Cover Story, Original Broadcast Date: March 23, 2001 (Show #430):

In Africa, the AIDS pandemic has killed 17 million people -- leaving 12 million children without parents. In some African countries, more than a quarter of the adult population is infected. But in the west African nation of Senegal, a largely Muslim country where most of the people are poor and illiterate, the rate of infection is barely one percent. Public health programs get much of the credit, taking elaborate steps to regulate the sex industry by requiring prostitutes to register and undergo regular medical checkups. But another explanation can be found in the nation's devout following of Islam, which prohibits homosexuality and marital infidelity. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on Senegal's success in battling the HIV virus through the combined efforts of religion and social work.

Featured (in alphabetical order):
Amadou, HIV-infected Senegal man
Mama Bambera, prostitute
Antoine Mahe
Dr. Suleyman Mboup, AIDS researcher
Ahmed Mandame Ndiaye, Louga Imam