same report, the number of persons living with HIV is estimated at 120 000 people, including 56
000 women and 17 000 children below the age of 15 years.
277. Several national texts govern the fight against HIV/AIDS in Burkina Faso. The following
can specifically be mentioned :
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Law No. 049-2005 AN of 21 December 2005 on Reproductive Health. Article 14 of this Law
states that any person suffering from a sexually transmissible infection (STI) and a HumanImmune Deficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in
particular, must enjoy civil, political and social rights without any discrimination ;
Law No. 030-2008/AN on the fight against HIV/AIDS and protection of the rights of people
living with HIV/AIDS. Articles 3, 4,5 and 6 of this law lays down measures for the education
and prevention of HIV infection amongst the general population and specific groups ;
Decree No. 2010-744/PRES/PM/MS on the implementation modalities of Law No. 0302008/AN on the fight against HIV/AIDS and protection of the rights of people living with
HIV/AIDS.
278. In the area of work , Article 38 of Law No. 28-2008/AN of 13 May 2008 on the Labour
Code makes it mandatory for employers not to discriminate in any form regarding access to
employment, keeping employees in employment or dismissal, particularly in relation to the
people infected with HIV, whether real or perceived.
279. Moreover, in 2001, the government adopted three strategic frameworks for the fight
against HIV/AIDS and STIs, the last of which covers the period 2011-2015. The goals pursued
under these frameworks, among others, include the contribution to the reduction of HIV
transmission, strengthening medical and community care for persons screened as positive,
improvement in the protection and socio-economic care for infected and affected persons. The
cost of the last strategic framework is estimated at CFAF 170.78 billion. In the area of
strengthening access to ARV treatment and other validated therapies, the medical care aspect is
carried out by 95 health facilities, both public, private and community ones in the 64 health
districts of the 13 health regions. Among these structures, 45 take care of paediatric care.
280. In the area of prevention, efforts have been made to strengthen the geographic expansion
of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT) implemented in 70
health districts in Burkina Faso. Furthermore, the number of sites that have incorporated the
PMTCT into their minimum health packages has increased from 1620 in 2011 to 1 723 in 2012,
representing a 97.3% coverage rate. The promotion of the use of condoms has been maintained.
The quantity of condoms of all kinds sold and distributed in 2011 was 20 839 200 as against 19
575 296 in 2010. The fight against HIV/AIDS is dependent on four key entities: the Institutional
Sector and Ministries; the private sector and corporate bodies; the territorial administrative
entities sector and the communities. Indeed, in every ministerial department and in the
institutions, Ministerial Committees for Combating AIDS (CMLS) have been established to
ensure prevention and care for persons living with HIV/AIDS. The community sector brings
together all the civil society stakeholders, Non-Governmental Organisations, networks of
grassroots associations and other Community-based Organizations (CBOs) which provide
service providers in the area of prevention. The prevention activities planned by the stakeholders
of this sector are funded by resources of the AIDS Common Basket (PCS) of the SP/CNLS-IST
and by many other partners. In fact, at the national level, a Permanent Secretariat of the National
Anti-AIDS and Sexually Transmissible Diseases Council Transmissible (CNLS-IST) was
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