Burkina Faso: More ARVs, Please

The good news about AIDS in Burkina Faso is that HIV prevalence in the West African country is on the decline. The bad news is that people who have already contracted the virus appear to be having difficulties in getting drugs to treat themselves. According to the most recent statistics from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), HIV prevalence in Burkina Faso in 2003 was 4.2 percent – down from 7.17 percent in 1997.