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Facts and Figures

arrow Official Name Burkina Faso

arrow Capital City Ouagadougou.

arrow Languages French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population.

arrow Official Currency Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF).

arrow Ethnic Groups Mossi over 40%, Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani.

arrow Religions Indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%.

arrow Population 12,603,185.

arrow Land Area 273,800 sq km (105,714 sq miles).

History

Independence from France came to Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) in 1960. Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Several hundred thousand farm workers migrate south every year to Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana.

UNAIDS Epidemiological
Fact Sheets

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Global Surveillance of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a joint effort of WHO and UNAIDS. The UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STI Surveillance, initiated in November 1996, guides respective activities. The primary objective of the working group is to strengthen national, regional and global structures and networks for improved monitoring and surveillance of HIV/AIDS and STIs. For this purpose, the working group collaborates closely with national AIDS programmes and a number of national and international experts and institutions. The goal of this collaboration is to compile the best information available and to improve the quality of data needed for informed decision-making and planning at national, regional and global levels. The Epidemiological Fact Sheets are one of the products of this close and fruitful collaboration across the globe.

Web sites

World Fact Book
The Factbook was created as an annual summary and update to the encyclopedic NIS studies. The first classified Factbook was published in August 1962, and the first unclassified version was published in June 1971. The 1975 Factbook was the first to be made available to the public with sales through the US Government Printing Office (GPO).
US Department of State - Travel Advisory
Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. Countries where avoidance of travel is recommended will have Travel Warnings as well as Consular Information Sheets.
UNDP's partnership with Burkina Faso in the fight against HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS has hit Burkina Faso harder than any other country in West Africa except Cote D'Ivoire, with an adult prevalence rate of 6.4 % and a total of 350,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. The epidemic has affected all levels of society, but for women in 15-24 age group prevalence rates is 5-8 times higher than that of boys.
A Program on Orphans and Vulnerable Children in AIDS affected areas in Burkina Faso
According to UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, AIDS has created more than 13 million orphans worldwide. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) estimates that this number will rise to 40 million by 2010. This increasing number of orphans will have social ramifications in developing countries. With the increasing number of parents dying, orphans and vulnerable children in AIDS affected areas (OVC) tend to receive inadequate food, clothing, educational opportunities and healthcare.

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