The acute malnutrition situation in Chad remains similar to the situation last year (2023-2024) with slight variations. Approximately 2 million children aged 6 to 59 months are suffering or expected to suffer acute malnutrition between October 2024 and September 2025 with 537,000 cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Over 300,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women (PBW) are expected to suffer acute malnutrition in the same period.

The first projected period (January – May 2025) will see a slight improvement in the acute malnutrition situation (compared to the current period) as a result of a slight decline in diseases and epidemics, the improvement in food consumption thanks to the availability of market garden products and the decrease in floods, resulting in better WASH conditions and access to basic services.

However, the situation will deteriorate in the second projected period (June – September 2025) which is in line with the peak of seasonal malnutrition in Chad and similar to previous years’ trends.