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Highlights
● Chad has been affected by floods since late July 2024. As of December 2024, 1,941,869 people have been affected, with 576 fatalities (OCHA). Families have been displaced, and essential services, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and gender-based violence (GBV), have been disrupted. The floods, coupled with the influx of Sudanese refugees and returnees, have strained the healthcare system, leading to shortages of essential reproductive health supplies, disrupting access, and increasing protection and maternal mortality risks.
● In response to the government's call for emergency action to tackle river ooding, the United Nations has activated anticipatory action, a new mechanism for acting in advance of crises. This action, funded by the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), targeted more than 230,000 people who were exposed to the flood disaster. Under this initiative, UNFPA has strengthened SRH services, responding to the needs of affected populations, particularly women and girls (OCHA).
● At the end of December 2024, 1,824,540 people were forcibly displaced in Chad. This population comprises 71% refugees and asylum seekers, 12% internally displaced persons (IDPs), and 17% migrants (UNHCR). Of the displaced, 88% are women and children, who are highly impacted by reduced access to sexual and reproductive health services and higher rates of gender-based violence and sexual violence in this uncertain context.
● Since the beginning of the conflict in Sudan on 15 April 2023, there has been a continuous influx of refugees and returnees, which has now reached 723,951 refugees and 222,743 Chadian returnees hosted in Chad (UNHCR).