Which Who Region Includes Your Country - 1234 Words

. Which WHO region includes your country? Chad is in the WHO region of Sub Saharan Africa. 3. Provide a quick snapshot of your less developed country. Population, history, cause of its poverty, environmental or political factors influencing the country’s health status. The population of Chad is 11,412,107 people. Chad has been inhabited for thousands of years. In the 8th century the development of agriculture meant that there were settled communities. However, in the north and east people often moved around across various areas of land to graze their livestock. The people in the north became known as the Berbers. Whereas, Southern Chad had several ethnic groups. The largest group in this region was the Sara (Our Africa, 2015). The people†¦show more content†¦Independence was granted in 1960. In the first decade after independence northerners were often excluded from national politics (Our Africa, 2015). Rebellion movements formed in the north, in particular the National Liberation Front (FROLINAT) (Our Africa, 2015). Civil wars were also a part of the history of Chad. Civil wars occurred in the 1970s and 1980s. Between 1982 and 1990, a northern dominated government created a terror in the south. The leader at the time was Hissen Habre. He was overthrown in 1990 by Idriss Deby, whose party won parliamentary elections in the following year (Our Africa, 2015). There were also neighbour disputes referring to the Gaddafi era where Libya took a large interest in Chad. At one point, Libya annexed a strip in northern Chad. To force Libya out of the country it took a unified Chadian offensive in 1987 with French and US assistance (Our Africa, 2015). Chad has also had a long running dispute with Sudan. There have been thousands of Sudanese who have fled to Chad. This has occurred because they have escaped the fighting in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Chad suffers from the overall widespread poverty. It is evident that nearly two-thirds of people in Chad live below the poverty line and the population remains among the world’s poorest (Our Africa, 2015). The United Nations Human Development Index in 2010 shows that Chad was ranked near the bottom at 163 out of