Chad - Emergency humanitarian aid to fight cholera epidemic

The present assistance operation is relative to an emergency humanitarian assistance for the fight against the cholera epidemic. It was initiated because of the inadequacy of the performance of the warning system on epidemic trends during the 2011 cholera outbreak. The need for emergency assistance resides in: i) the urgent need to strengthen immediately the epidemiological surveillance system; (ii) capacity building of rapid response teams; and (iii) building a safety stock of interventional materials and medicines. The present assistance operation of the African Development Bank Group should enable Chad to reinforce its preventive mechanism to contain the upcoming crises. This assistance is therefore part of humanitarian relief for the adoption of reasonable measures where a disaster is imminent. The Bank Group's contribution to this humanitarian assistance will be USD 945,000 net of taxes. The aid should cover three components: (i) acquisition of medicines, consumables and "IEC" materials (leaflets, posters, image boxes); (ii) technical and logistical assistance; and (iii) strengthening the epidemiological monitoring system.