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, […]
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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
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Haiti’s capital urgently need vital services such as safe shelters, mental health support and medical care, as rapes and other assaults have become widespread during violence and insecurity in the city in recent years. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided comprehensive medical and psychological care to […]
Read More… from Haiti: A call to support survivors of sexual violence
2024 saw Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams responding to various emergencies spanning the globe. Abyei: area between Sudan and South Sudan The 38-kilometer trip from Agok to Abyei takes over 6 hours due to poor roads. MSF uses a tractor to navigate mud bogs. The road conditions prevent water and sanitation trucks from […]
“The most important thing you can do is let the world know what is happening here.” This recent plea from Dr. Abu Baker, a hospital director in the West Bank, is a familiar one for our teams at Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The simple request – to share the grave realities we […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is partially resuming its medical activities in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area after a 22-day suspension due to repeated threats and violence against its staff and patients. The decision to suspend MSF’s activities, even temporarily, was extremely difficult because the city is heavily affected by violence, and the medical needs […]
Read More… from Haiti: MSF Partially Resumes Medical Activities in Port-au-Prince
A series of threats by police forces against Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff have forced the organization to suspend its activities until further notice in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. Police officers have stopped MSF vehicles multiple times and directly threatened MSF staff members, including death and rape threats, in the week following […]