Article: Africa's AIDS fight aims high; A new 'executive wing' at an AIDS clinic in Uganda is geared toward VIPs, who are often reluctant to seek help.(WORLD)

Byline: Rachel Scheier Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

KAMPALA, UGANDA -- The stuffy waiting room at the AIDS Information Center (AIC) is always packed by noon. Balding men, weary young mothers, and girls in heels and tight Capri pants sit shoulder to shoulder in front of a blaring TV as they wait out the hours for their HIV test results.

But just across the courtyard, in the private, air-conditioned waiting rooms with potted avocado plants and plush chairs, there is never a line. Here, clients are ushered in through a red-carpeted hallway from a discreet back parking lot.

The "executive wing," as the clinic calls this new HIV ...

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