Objectives: Less than 25% of people living with HIV (PLWHIV) achieved plasma viral load (PVL) in 2020 in Burkina
Faso. This study aimed to identify factors associated with access to PVL in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso.
Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among PLWHIV in Burkina Faso between April 15 and
August 8, 2022. The proportion of PLWHIV with PVL after at least 6 months of treatment was calculated, and
the associated factors were determined by logistic regression.
Results: A total of 308 PLWHIV were included in the study; 64.9% (95% confidence interval [CI] 58.3-71.5) of
PLWHIVs had PVL, 66.2% (95% CI 52.1-80.3) among men. Therapeutic education on the importance of PVL was
associated with a 1.79-fold increase in the chance of achieving PVL (adjusted odds ratio [ORa] 2.32, 95% CI
1.42-3.78, P = 0.01). Also, a PLWHIV followed at the medical center with a surgical antenna has a 31% chance
of achieving PVL.
Conclusions: Access to PVL is not optimal in Burkina Faso. Efforts must therefore be made to strengthen therapeu-
tic education for PLWHIV and mobilize more associations in favor of this essential examination for the follow-up
of patients.

Plasma viral load PLWHIV Associated factors Burkina Faso