A measles outbreak in Chad was declared by the Ministry of Health back in May 2018 and, one year later, is still ongoing, putting the lives of hundreds of thousands of children in the country at risk. With 69 of the 126 districts affected, this outbreak has the highest and fastest increase in case numbers reported from the capital, N’djamena, and Am Timan, Salamat region, southeast Chad.

After a new peak of the outbreak was declared in January 2019, Chad Emergency Response Unit (CERU) traveled to Am Timan to support the population with a mass measles vaccination. The total number of children between 6 months and 9 years vaccinated for measles in the whole district is 107.000. Despite the harsh climate and conditions, CERU team was able to access very isolated areas of Am Timan district and reach nomad communities to immunized their children but also to raise awareness among this population of the need of protecting their children against measles.