Chad

In 2022, the Joint Team supported the national HIV response in Chad, which registered remarkable results in expanding community- and youth-led HIV services across the country. In N’Djamena city and five provinces, 1670 trained peer educators and supervisors oriented 420 669 adolescents and young people on combination HIV prevention services using different platforms, including schools and girls’ associations. Similarly, 1469 trained adolescents and young people sensitized 347 118 of their peers across the country on HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) prevention and sexual and reproductive health while 80 peer educators from key populations sensitized 9172 people from their communities on HIV prevention and testing. More than 80 000 young people also accessed HIV prevention information and HIV self-testing through U-Report, a social messaging tool and data collection system (UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNFPA, UNESCO, WHO, UNAIDS Secretariat). In N’Djamena and Moundou cities, adolescent and youth leadership in the HIV response was strengthened through peer training of 791 adolescent and young people, 462 home visits and monthly community meetings consisting of about 140 adolescent and young people.

Various HIV prevention and testing initiatives supported by the Joint Team provided HIV testing and counselling services for 337 901 adolescents, young people and people from key populations across the country. In Moundou city, 1189 vulnerable people and key populations, including students, motorcyclists, and cub drivers received HIV testing, thanks to the Joint Team’s collaboration with and support to civil society organizations (UNAIDS Secretariat). In addition, 66 372 pregnant and breastfeeding women, including refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees accessed HIV testing services in refugee sites and women who tested positive were put on treatment (UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO, UNAIDS Secretariat). Access to HIV prevention commodities improved with the procurement and distribution of 1 080 000 condoms—around 50% of the condoms were distributed to people with high risk of HIV infection, including young people, refugees and prisoners (UNFPA).