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Chad regional leadership and public health initiatives

Overview

President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno has engaged in several regional leadership initiatives concerning public health and agricultural safety.

In late August 2026, the President was named the ‘Champion of vaccination and the fight against polio in the Lake Chad Basin’ by partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. This recognition follows an increase in Chad’s vaccination coverage from 41% in 2017 to 71% in 2025. To support the goal of stopping poliovirus circulation by December 2027, the President has called for a high-level regional forum in N’Djamena to address challenges such as insecurity and population movement.

In September 2026, acting as the chair of the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), Déby Itno called for stricter controls on agricultural inputs. He emphasized the necessity of strengthening pesticide approval and monitoring mechanisms to prevent the circulation of fraudulent phytosanitary products, noting that productivity must not compromise public health, animal health, or the environment.

Entities

Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno · Chad · CILSS · World Health Organization · Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Timeline

  1. 2 days ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources
    Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno calls for stricter pesticide controls

    At the 41st CILSS Day, Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno called for stricter pesticide controls and improved regulation of agricultural inputs to protect health and the environment in the Sahel.

  2. 15 days ago

    [HEALTH] 4 sources
    Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno named Champion of polio eradication in Lake Chad Basin

    Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno was named Champion of vaccination and polio eradication in the Lake Chad Basin following significant increases in national vaccination coverage.

Sources

journaldutchad.com · lepaystchad.com · meddtvinfo.com · portail.td · tchadvision.com