Geographical Locations - Chad

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 30,030
• CIA World Factbook : Chad

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Chad
  - WHO - Tobacco Control: Country Profile - Chad
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Chad
  - WHO - Malaria Country Profile - Chad
• WHO AFRO
  The WHO regional office for Africa is located in Brazzaville, Congo

Government

• Republique du Tchad
  The official site of the Republic of Chad. French language
• Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Chad
  Chad is a priority country for Swiss bilateral development assistance. This site provides basic background information about Chad as well as details of Swiss projects in Chad.
• Republique Francais - La France au Chad
  This site provides information about the French presence in Chad. It includes sections on health and development projects, Franco-Chadian relations and current events. Site is in French.

Non-Government

• Centre d'Etude et de Formation Pour le Developpment
  CEFOD was first established in 1967 to promote the political, economic and social evolution of Chad. Site is in French.
• MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders
  This site from Médecins Sans Frontières provides the latest health information from Chad as well as details of MSF projects in the country.
• Peace Corps Chad
  This site contains information about Peace Corps activities in Chad.

Academic Institutions

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• A process of change in first-line health services in Chad
  "Training in the field of community participation, district planning and immunization programme management exists at national and regional level in Chad. Many strategies for improving specific activities have been tried and training is sometimes decentralized at district level. Changes introduced following such training involve many people. Nonetheless, all these inputs seem to have had little impact on health service organization and quality of care at the health centre level. We would like to discuss the problem of the poor quality of services in an urban health centre in Chad…". [Health Policy and Planning; 16(1): 122–123.]
• Access to health care by street children in the urban context of N'Djamena, Chad
  This paper was presented at an International Workshop 'Cities of the South: Sustainable for Whom?', held in Geneva on 3-6 May, 2000.
• Chad The Safe Motherhood Project
  This page, published in 2000 describes a World Bank project to improve maternal health in Chad.
• Contracting between faith-based and public health sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: An ongoing crisis? The case of Cameroon, Tanzania, Chad and Uganda
  "Contracting between faith-based district hospitals and public health authorities in Africa faces a crisis. This is the main conclusion of a study conducted for the Medicus Mundi International Network by the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (ITM), and including cases from Cameroon, Uganda, Tanzania and Chad. In spite of the wide variety of contexts and experiences, the different case studies show that contracting between the State and faith-based district health sector has run into great difficulties. To make matters worse, there is no general awareness of the crisis, certainly not among the public sector actors. Unless correcting measures are taken, this almost hidden crisis risks to jeopardize in the medium-term the important contribution which the faith-based facilities make to the provision of care in Africa. The Medicus Mundi International Network is herewith disseminating the results of the study in order to contribute to the development of awareness of the situation and the urgency of change, and this not only in the countries and cases included in the study, but also with international cooperation actors. By helping to disseminate results, we hope to contribute to the joint search for structural solutions." Available in French/Français and English.
• Enquête Démographique et de Santé Tchad 2004
  "Eight years after the first DHS survey took place in Chad, a new survey reveals that overall, the status of maternal and child health has not really improved. For instance, the proportion of women who receive assistance during delivery from trained medical personnel has declined and the proportion of children who have received all recommended vaccines has stagnated, remaining the lowest in Africa, due in good part to a very high dropout rate between the first and third doses of the DPT and polio vaccines."
• International Development Research Centre Canada Projects In Chad
  This site outlines Canada's International Development Research Centre's projects in Chad. These include the Health Information Network and the National Documentation Centre on Public Health.
• Owner Valuation of Rabies Vaccination of Dogs, Chad
  We estimated the association between amount charged and probability that dog owners in N'Djaména, Chad, would have their dogs vaccinated against rabies. Owners would pay ≈400–700 CFA francs (US $0.78–$1.36)/animal. To vaccinate >70% of dogs, and thus interrupt rabies transmission, health officials should substantially subsidize these vaccinations. [author abstract] [EID Journal (CDC), Volume 14, Number 10 – October 2008]
• Public Health in Chad: Connecting Spending and Results
  The capture and leakage of public funds in the social sectors deprive poor people of the education and health care they need. A recent study in Chad shows that when public funds reach health centers, they make a positive difference in people’s access to health care, a reason why it is important to ensure that they do. [Human Development and Public Services Research, The World Bank, August 2008]
• Structural Violence, Health and the Chad/Cameroon Oil Pipeline
  While the Chad/Cameroon oil pipeline is being officially touted as beneficial development for the people in Cameroon, the Bagyeli have seen a myriad of negative consequences and few if any positive effects. The Bagyeli are foragers living in the rainforest of Cameroon near the terminus of the pipeline. For the Bagyeli, the pipeline has meant a loss of their habitat and a decline in the foodstuffs they rely on. Through the in-migration of people seeking employment and the increased impoverishment of the Bagyeli, there has been an increased risk of HIV infection as well as an increase in other diseases. As more areas in Chad and Cameroon, as well as other regions of the world, are being opened for oil exploration, the impacts this has on indigenous peoples’ health must be understood and acted upon. [author abstract] [Thesis by Christa M. Herrygers for Masters of Art in Anthropology, Washington State University, May 2005]

Educational Resources

• CDC Traveler's Health Central Africa
  This site from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on the health situation for travellers to Central Africa. It includes current travel notices, information on diseases found in Central Africa and recommends vaccines and preventive medication.
• The Library of Congress: A Country Study - Chad
  The United States Library of Congress Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.