In the far east of Chad, more than 20,000 Sudanese have already taken refuge in the village of Koufroun. To flee the fighting, many lost everything they owned during looting by armed men after the Sudanese army deserted their locality.
Medical NGOs have deployed there to help refugees, sometimes suffering from malnutrition, respiratory diseases or malaria. The most frequent pathologies are respiratory infections caused by dust-laden wind, as well as malaria, due to a lack of shelter and mosquito nets.