| Abstract |
The Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) implemented the 2015 Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) for Chad. The 2015 SARA aimed to generate reliable and regular information on the availability of health services (the availability of infrastructure, essential human resources) and the operational capacity of health facilities to deliver basic family planning interventions, pediatric health services, essential and comprehensive obstetric care, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and non-communicable diseases.
The survey covered 332 health facilities across the country.
This report covers three categories of indicators:
1. General service availability
• Health infrastructure density
• Health workforce density
• Service utilization
2.General service readiness
• Basic amenities and comfort elements
• Basic equipment
• Standard precautions for infection prevention
• Diagnostic capacity
• Essential medicines
3. Service specific availability and readiness
• Family planning
• Antenatal care
• Obstetric care
• Neonatal care
• Preventive and curative care services for the child
• Adolescent health services
• Malaria
• HIV/AIDS counseling and testing services
• Tuberculosis
• HIV/AIDS care and support services
• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Malaria
• Tuberculosis
• Non-communicable diseases
• Basic surgical services
• Comprehensive surgical services
• Advanced diagnostic services
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