Chad is a land-locked country whose southern regions lie within the meningitis belt. Major epidemics of serogroup A meningococcal disease occurred in 1988 and 1996. More than 1,000 cases were reported each year between 2005 and 2008. In the first half of 2009, the Ministry of Health reported outbreaks in three districts with 1,385 suspected cases in the country as a whole. About a half of the cases were caused by meningococci belonging to serogroup A and one half by meningococci belonging to serogroup W135.

MenAfriCar’s collaborating centre in Chad is the Centre de Support en Santé Internationale (CSSI).