Access to health care has become severely limited amid a broader crisis of violence and insecurity in Haiti. In response, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is supporting the reopening of the Isaïe Jeanty maternity hospital, one of the largest in the country, which had closed during a wave of violence in early 2024. In […]
Read More… from Haiti: MSF supports the reopening of a major maternity hospital in the capital
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to permanently close our emergency centre in Turgeau due to increasing insecurity in the centre of Port-au-Prince. This health facility had temporarily closed its doors and suspended its activities in March 2025 following a serious incident targeting MSF. “For several weeks now, the area surrounding the […]
As Haiti’s capital sinks deeper into a crisis marked by violent clashes between armed groups and police forces, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reports a rise in the number of civilian casualties arriving at our facilities. Our teams are witnessing the impact of this violence on the availability of healthcare in the capital. Nearly […]
Read More… from Haiti: Health system and civilians trapped in escalating violence
“I thought I was going to die in the flames,” says Jordan, who suffered burns over 60 per cent of his body in a tanker truck explosion in Miragoâne, in southwest Haiti, on Sept. 14, 2024. Like him, two other survivors have been receiving care for months at the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) […]
Read More… from Haiti: Repairing skin, a return to life for burn survivors
Port-au-Prince is undergoing an extremely high level of violence as armed groups are coordinating attacks on several areas of the city previously beyond their control. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is warning that our Tabarre trauma hospital – one of the last in the capital – could reach the limits of its capacity. This […]
Read More… from Haiti: MSF trauma hospital in Port-au-Prince nears limits
Following the targeted attack on March 15 against a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) convoy travelling between its Turgeau emergency centre and its Carrefour trauma hospital and in view of the deteriorating security situation in downtown Port-au-Prince, MSF has taken the difficult decision to withdraw from these two structures for a minimum period of […]
The challenges for pregnant women in remote areas At the first light of dawn, Douillette, a village nestled in the commune of Chardonnières, in southwestern Haiti, begins to wake up. Market stalls are slowly set up and children rush to their schools in this part of the country’s South department. Manita, 39, seven months pregnant, […]
Read More… from Haiti: “When it rains, it’s impossible to reach the hospital”
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemn the intentional opening of fire on four clearly marked MSF vehicles while we were seeking safety for staff amid escalating violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Violence close to the Turgeau emergency centre has forced MSF to suspend again activities in the hospital on March 15 and evacuate our […]
Since Feb. 24, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Haiti have witnessed a surge in violence, resulting in an increasing number of wounded people and medical needs. Clashes between armed groups and police are intensifying, leaving civilians trapped under constant threat of crossfire. Today, 85 per cent of Port-au-Prince is under the control of […]
Read More… from Haiti: Escalating violence, worsening health needs in Port-au-Prince
Géralda, Alcélia, and Cherlyne, three Haitian women, share their struggle to survive in Brooklyn, an isolated part of Cité Soleil neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are the only ones providing free medical care in the area on a daily basis. Cité Soleil : Life under constant threat of crossfire Géralda describes […]
Read More… from Haiti: Women trapped between violence and poverty in Port-au-Prince