On 31/12/2020, the Chadian National Assembly unanimously adopted the law creating the National Health Insurance Fund. This law was promulgated on the same day by the Head of State, the Marshal of Chad, Idriss Déby ITNO. Passage and promulgation of the law n°026/PR/2020 creating the Caisse nationale d’assurance santé is a decisive step in setting up the institutional framework of the Health Insurance scheme, and will enable in particular to accelerate the process of starting up the CSU scheme dedicated to the needy in 2021.