ABSTRACT
A survey was undertaken among adolescents in rural area in Burkina Faso in order to obtain information about their knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practice on contraception and STD/HIV/AIDS. A questionnaire was administered to 363 adolescents living in the Sanmatenga province. The mean age of the respondents was 17 years [range : 15 and 19 years], most of them were girls [52.9%], most of them were illiterate [85.4%] and unmarried [72%]. 58% of them had never heard about modern contraceptive methods, however they had a good knowledge of HIV/AIDS but not other STDs. Two main information sources were radio and friends. Only 28 used a contraceptive methods during their first sexual intercourse and 83 reported an episode of STD. These data should serve to improve IEC campaigns toward rural adolescents, including more information on other STDs and insisting on the use of condom