News & Analysis: Chad
“Some 80 troubadours – a medieval French term for wandering singers and poets who focused on courtly love – are now on the move to remote areas in eight provinces in Chad to raise awareness of the dangers of COVID-19 and what measures need to be taken to stop the spread of the deadly disease.”
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“New evidence gathered by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime suggests growing hostility towards human smuggling in regions where the activity is deeply entrenched in the political economy.”
“Tens of thousands of migrants are trapped in dangerous conditions at frontiers, mines, ports and in transit camps across Africa after states shut their borders in an attempt to stem the spread of COVID-19.”
“The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed Chad’s macroeconomic outlook… The adverse effects of the pandemic have not been so much about the direct contagion but about the global economic slowdown and collapse of international oil prices it has triggered. In particular, Chad’s oil sector, which represents 90 percent of exports and 40 percent of government revenues, has severely been impacted.”
“The COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Project aims to strengthen Chad’s capacity in prevention, epidemiological surveillance, early detection, confirmation of cases, contact tracing, and patient treatment. This support will also fast-track access to quality health care in health facilities.”
“But cautious optimism should be the watchword – some experts claim that the disease is secretly coiling its way through African societies and that when it raises itself to its full dreadful height, a nightmare could ensue.”
“Executive Board approved immediate debt service relief to 25 of the IMF’s member countries under the IMF’s revamped Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) as part of the Fund’s response to help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
” COVID-19 spreads at close range through respiratory droplets. Consequently, the most serious outbreaks of the pandemic have been seen in dense settings and close-knit social networks. With household and core urban densities among the world’s highest, African cities have the potential to serve as deadly incubators for the virus’s spread.”
“African countries face varying levels of risk that will require adapting a diversified set of response strategies to the coronavirus. The most vulnerable countries may not be those with the earliest onset… Understanding the relative risks each country faces can better guide response efforts in both the introductory and subsequent stages as the pandemic evolves.”
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