Following the death of President Idriss Déby in 2021 while fighting armed groups, a military council appointed his son, Mahamat Idriss Déby, to replace him, who, following a tense and violent political transition was elected President in May 2024.

Gareth Williams led the political economy analyses of health security systems in Côte d’Ivoire and Niger for the DAI implemented Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Programme. Starting in December 2019 during the programme’s inception phase, provided support the team on PEA over a two year period. This programme aims to strengthen health systems in six countries (Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger and Uganda) to improve disease preparedness, surveillance and response. 

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) commissioned The Policy Practice to undertake a political economy analysis of service delivery and local governance in Chad's southern Moyen Chari province. The study was delivered in collaboration with IFRA and has been used by SDC to identify programming opportunities.