Lake Chad: Life amidst a protracted crisis (Chad)

On the way to Melea weekly local market. Baga Sola – Bol road. Weekly local markets play an important role in the local economy and community around Lake Chad basin. People travel kilometres to reach small villages to sell their products, from smoked fish to dried red peppers.

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Lake Chad: Life amidst a protracted crisis (Chad)

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF185262

Date taken / Date Recorded 16/02/2017 12:00 AM

Country Chad

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Sara Creta

Copyright Sara Creta/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

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Additional Information / Shotlist Violence by Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region continues. Coupled with the Chadian Government's response, thousands in the region have had to flee their homes. MSF teams are based in Baga Sola, Bol, Liwa and Kiskawa from where they run several mobile clinics providing basic healthcare and mental health support to the displaced and local population. The most common medical conditions seen in MSF clinics are linked to the difficult living conditions and the lack of access to clean water. MSF is also supporting the health centre in Tchoukoutalia. Teams are also working in the Dar Es Salam camp providing mental healthcare to refugees who have fled violence in Nigeria.
In Bol regional hospital, MSF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, has been providing free healthcare in the paediatric and maternity wards, focusing on deliveries, obstetric complications, neonatal care and nutrition. MSF is also working in the operating theatre. In 2016, teams carried out 378 deliveries, 74 of which were caesarean sections. MSF also provided nutritional and paediatric services to over 1,000 children.