UNICEF Chad Flash Update No. 12 (Refugees): 25 July 2025

Wait 5 sec.

Countries: Chad, Sudan Source: UN Children's Fund Please refer to the attached file. Highlights:The Ministry declared on 25 July 2025 in a press release that a cholera epidemic had been reported in the Dougui refugee camp, located in the Chokoyane health district, Ouara department, Ouaddaï province. To date, 42 suspected cases have been recorded, including 4 deaths. On 24 July Chad’s Ministry of public Health and prevention appointed an Incident Manager to coordinate the response to cholera outbreaks. Earlier, on 21 July 2025, the Chadian government urged stakeholders to redouble their vigilance to strengthen prevention and preparedness measures against cholera.UNICEF and its partners, the Provincial Health Authorities, the Provincial Water and Energy Authorities, the Chadian Red Cross, and the NGO Sahkal, are focusing their efforts on Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC).The refugee influx into Chad has continued at the main entry points to Sudan's border provinces since the start of the conflict in Sudan on 15 April 2023. Between the triggering of this conflict and July 20, 2025, the Chadian government, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have registered 873,622 Chadian refugees and 306,865 returnees. 61% of refugees and 67% of returnees are children under the age of 18 . This includes 93,761 refugees who have arrived in Chad since mid-April 2025, following the attacks on the internally displaced persons camps of Zamzam and Abou Shouk in Sudan. Most of these refugees are arriving in the provinces of Wadi Fira and Ennedi Est.