Chad
Chad ranks 190th in the Human Development Indexes among 191 countries. The Human Development Index measures three dimensions: life expectancy, education and per capita income. Diarrhoea, lower respiratory, HIV/AIDS and malaria represent the greatest burden of disease below five-years of age. In the southern, more tropical and forested areas of Chad, malaria is a major killer. […]
Central African Republic Consortium
Country Programme MENTOR have been part of a FCDO-funded health consortium in Central African Republic alongside International Medical Corps (IMC), Cordaid, Solidarites International and Action contre la Faim (ACF) since 2016. MENTOR has been the consortium lead since 2018. On 1 April 2019, the consortium began a four-year, £14 million programme funded by the UK […]
Central African Republic
Country Programme Central African Republic (CAR) is facing one of the world’s most neglected humanitarian crises. According to OCHA, 3.4 million people need humanitarian assistance and protection, of whom 2.4 million need acute and immediate humanitarian assistance. Clashes between government forces, government allies and armed groups are causing the humanitarian situation to continue to deteriorate […]
Angola
Country Programme Angola has been recovering from a long and devastating civil war that ended in 2002. Investments to infrastructure have improved access to healthcare. But a lack of trained health workers, and a health system that is spread over vast areas, leave many underserved or with limited and poor-quality healthcare. Angola is still one […]