National Policy

Existence of a specific national HIV/AIDS legislation. Guiding principles and strategies included in National Strategic Framework. Government support includes commitment from the President and key ministries; cancellation of taxes on essential drugs; HIV/AIDS fund; negotiation with pharmaceutical companies and the National AIDS Council is chaired by the President.

For more information on Burundi's response to HIV/AIDS:
www.unaids.org

Ministry of Health
Bujumbura, Burundi
Tel: +257 24 6265
Fax: +257 24 4758

Conseil National de Lutte contre le SIDA (CNLS)
Contact person: Dr Etienne Karita
B.P. 2717, Kigali
Tel: +250 78 471/72
Fax: +250 78 473
Email:
Website: www.cnlsburundi.org

HIV/AIDS Organisations:

1. Association Nationale de Soutien Aux Seropositifs et Sideens du Burundi (ANSS)
   Contact person: Ms Gapegapi’Ajealle Niyonzima
   28 Avenue Moso Rohero II
   B.P. 4152 Bujumbura
   Tel: +257 21 5977
   Fax: +257 24 1501
   Email:
   Website: www.anss.bi
   · Prevention and awareness; voluntary testing and counselling; medical and psychosocial care; advocacy and lobbying; drop-in centre.

2. Famille pour Vaincre le Sida
   Contact person: Spes Nihangaza
   B.P. 1797 Bujumbura
   Tel: +257 21 4621
   Fax: +257 21 7545
   Email:
   · Prevention education aimed at young people and couples; awareness sessions; training of community workers; production of education material; care of orphans; support for families.

3. World Vision Burundi
   Contact person: Maereg Tafere
   111 Boulevard Uprona Bujumbura
   B.P. 1606 Bujumbura
   Tel: +257 21 5669
   Fax: +257 21 8234
   Email:
   · Prevention; care of orphans; partnerships with faith-based organisations.

4. Society of Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA) - Burundi
   Contact person: Seconde Nsabimana
   B.P. 1934 Bujumbura
   Tel: +257 21 1432 / +257 21 7952
   Fax: +257 22 4422 / +257 21 7952
   Email:

5. UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS, Chair
   Contact person: UNICEF Representative
   Boulevard de l’Uprona
   B.P. 1650 Bujumbura
   Tel: +257 22 2194 / +257 22 6888
   Fax: +257 22 5190

6. UNAIDS Country Programme Adviser
   Contact person: Dr Gastron Lograin
   Place de l’Indépendance 1
   Building Old East, 1er étage
   B.P. 1490 Bujumbura
   Tel: +257 24 4824
   Fax: +257 22 9581
   Mobile: +257 98 6976
   Email:

For consistency reasons the data used in the above table are taken from official UN publications

For consistency reasons the data used in the above table are taken from official UN publications

Source: WHO/UNAIDS epidemiological fact sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2004 Update.
Email:

Assessment of the epidemiological situation (2004)

Information on HIV seroprevalence among antenatal clinic attendees is available since 1986 from Burundi.

From 1985-87 to 1997, HIV seroprevalence among antenatal women increased from 14.7% to 27.7% in Bujumbura, then decreased 19.8% in 1998, 15.9% in 1999, and to 14% and 16% in 2000 and 2001. The HIV prevalence declined from 20.9% in 1991, to 17.3% in 1995, and 9.8% in 2001 among young women aged 15-24 years in urban ANC sites.

In 2002, a national survey showed HIV prevalence in the general population at 5.4%. HIV prevalence rates in the urban, semi-urban and rural areas were 9.4%, 10.5% and 2.5% respectively. In a national survey in 1989, the HIV prevalence rate for urban areas was 11.0% while that for rural areas was 0.7%. The 2002 survey found that women in urban areas were more likely to be infected with HIV than men; 13.0% versus 5.5%, while approximately the same proportion of women and men in rural areas were infected: 2.9% women and 2.1% men.