One in five pregnant women in eastern Chad are malnourished amid funding cuts

Countries: Chad, Sudan Source: Médecins Sans Frontières N'djamena – More than one in five pregnant and breastfeeding women screened by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the eastern Chadian border town of Adré during the first six months of 2026 were acutely malnourished. Three-quarters of them belonged to host communities excluded from local food distributions, due to rigid aid rules which limit access strictly to registered refugees amid critical funding shortfalls. MSF is calling on internatio