
Chad
NATIONAL LEPROSY CONTROL PROGRAM
Countrywide coordination of the National Leprosy Program. Monitoring, training, active case detection, PCT distribution, and Resistance surveillance. Strategic goals: Zero Transmission · Zero Disability · Zero Discrimination. Population 17,4 million.
budget 2022 : $22,050
Our partner in the field is Follereau Foundation. 446 new cases were detected. Among them, 118 women and 58 children. 85 individuals were already disabled at the time of their diagnosis of leprosy.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT RANKING 184/186
Chad ranks very low in the Human Development Index. The life expectancy is 54.5 years. 33% of the population lives below the extreme poverty line. 87% of the population are living in slums.