
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 16,4 million.
budget 2021 : $23,700
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 187/187
Chad ranks last in the Human Development Index. The life expectancy is 55.2 years. Infant mortality is 6.7%, and deaths under the age of 5 are 11%. 38% of the population lives below the extreme poverty line.