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FAST FACTS
• An active cholera outbreak in Sudan, combined with the ongoing daily influx of Sudanese refugees and Chadian returnees, as well as a WHO alert urging enhanced surveillance and detection efforts in Chad, prompted International Medical Corps’ Chad mission to initiate a preemptive cholera response.
• Cholera first appeared in Chad in 1971. Since 1991, the country has experienced several major epidemics, the most recent of which ended in 2011.
• Between 2004 and 2016, health officials recorded more than 32,000 cases in Chad, with a fatality rate of 3.2%, resulting in nearly 1,000 deaths.
OUR FOOTPRINT
• International Medical Corps has been operating in Ouaddai province in eastern Chad since 2004. Activities were temporarily suspended in 2020 and resumed in September 2023.
• Our main activities include providing equitable and inclusive emergency lifesaving primary healthcare, maternal and child health, MHPSS, FSL and nutrition services.
OUR RESPONSE
• As of June 24, there are no confirmed cholera cases in Chad. However, International Medical Corps has already begun preparations for a potential cholera outbreak.