Burkina Faso : A Community-Driven Approach to HIV/AIDS

Burkina Faso has the second highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in West Africa, with an overall HIV prevalence rate of around 7.2 percent. A large number of development agencies are active in the fight against HIV/AIDS. An innovative community driven...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schneidman, Miriam
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/08/2011698/burkina-faso-community-driven-approach-hivaids
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9760
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Summary:Burkina Faso has the second highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in West Africa, with an overall HIV prevalence rate of around 7.2 percent. A large number of development agencies are active in the fight against HIV/AIDS. An innovative community driven scheme to the epidemic was piloted under a recently completed Bank project and is now being replicated under a follow up HIV/AIDS Disaster Response Project. This brief describes the design of this pilot scheme both in terms of process and content; presents preliminary results; and identifies key lessons and future challenges.