A cholera epidemic in Chad in 2010-2011 was the largest to hit the country in the last 15 years, with more than 17, 000 registered cases. Over the last year MSF has treated more than 12,700 patients, approximately three quarters of all the cases in the country. In order to prevent another emergency...
Since mid-February, the medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working to fight a meningitis epidemic in the south of Chad. Aided by the Ministry of Health, it has launched a campaign to curb the spread of this deadly disease. The first meningitis cases were reported in...
A long drought in Chad, followed by torrential rains, has destroyed crops, flooded wells and cut off villages. Weakened by malnutrition and without access to clean water, people are particularly vulnerable to outbreaks of cholera in the region. “After a long drought, everyone was looking forward to...
Still high numbers admitted to MSF nutrition programs “The current rainy season in Chad is a curse and a blessing for the dry belt across the country, in which people have been suffering from poor harvests and food insecurity”, says Dr. Kodjo EDOH, Head of Mission for MSF in Chad. “It is good for...
"We have treated our first patients in Am Timan over the weekend!", Martine FLOKSTRA exclaims happily at the end of her mission, ready to head back to Holland . As a member of the emergency desk of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), she had been sent to Chad to facilitate the opening of a new project...
