Chad

With limited health infrastructure, poverty is widespread in Chad, and harmful traditional practices such as early marriage are prevalent. Active in the country since 1986, UNFPA works to reduce the high maternal mortality rate and to strengthen capacities at the Ministry of Public Health, including through the provision of medical equipment and reproductive health commodities, among other initiatives. UNFPA also assists in improving the training of gynaecologists, obstetricians and midwives, essential to providing quality services.