Résumé
In order to assess the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence among teachers in Burkina Faso, we carried out a national survey in 336 primary and secondary schools from urban and rural areas. Among 2088 teachers who agreed to participate, 1498 (71.7%) provided urine for HIV testing. The crude prevalence of HIV among teachers was 2.8% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.0-3.6), with no difference between teachers from primary schools (2.9%, 95% CI: 2.1-4.0) and those from secondary schools (2.5%, 95% CI: 0.5-4.5). Age-and area-standardized HIV prevalence was 1.0% (95% CI: 0.4-1.2) in male teachers, 2.5 times lower than among men in the general population (as assessed from a concomitant Demographic Health Survey), and it was 3.5% (95% CI: 2.5-5.2) in female teachers, 1.7 times higher than in Demographic Health Survey women.
This finding calls for the implementation of specific HIV prevention programmes in the education sector targeting women more specifically.