Analysis of the humanitarian and health crisis in eastern Chad linked to the influx of refugees and returnees following the armed conflict in Sudan, N'Djamena - Chad, July 27, 2023 [Presentation]

Dr. Jean-Bosco NDIHOKUBWAYO WHO Country Representative in Chad
N'Djamena - Chad, July 27, 2023

Humanitarian and health profile of Eastern Chad As of July 23, 2023

• As of July 23, 2023, a total of 329,177 Sudanese refugees had been registered (54.5% of them in Adré, the epicenter of the crisis) and 48,180 Chadian returnees (IOM), since the start of the conflict in Sudan on April 15, 2023.

• Three provinces affected and 9 health districts

• Ouaddai (Adré, Abéché, Amleayouna and Hadjar Hadid): 79.3% of displaced persons

• Sila (Koukou Angarana and Goz-Beida health districts) : 18.2% • WadiFira(healthdistrictsofGuereda,IribaandTiné):2.5%.

• 21% of refugees are children under 5 and 93% of returnees are women/children

• By the end of 2023 we expect to receive > 300,000 additional refugees

• 82 deaths recorded: 10 injured, 65 malnourished children and 7 maternal deaths

• 2,357 injured, including 1,842 by firearms (78.1%)

• Malnutrition in children associated with measles - High mortality

• Rape of girls and women