For more than 24 hours, the Cité Soleil neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has been the scene of heavy clashes between armed groups. At the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital, located in Cité Soleil, medical teams have had to cope with an influx of patients with gunshot wounds and take in more than 800 […]
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a case affecting the legal status of many Haitians in the U.S., Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns humanitarian conditions in Haiti have deteriorated severely in recent years, cutting off access to medical care and endangering anyone forced to return. “Haiti has become a far more […]
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has surged in Haiti’s capital since 2022 and is being used systematically to terrorize communities, with a disproportionate impact on women and girls, according to a report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This crisis is occurring as infrastructure, public services and living conditions have deteriorated dramatically amid […]
Read More… from Haiti: new MSF report documents alarming rise of sexual violence in Port-au-Prince
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned about the recent intensification of clashes between the Haitian National Police (PNH) and armed groups in the Bel Air neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince. In this area of the capital, where no other medical services are available, MSF teams usually run a clinic one day a week, while […]
Read More… from Haiti: Escalating violence in Bel Air, Port-au-Prince
In densely populated areas of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, cholera can spread rapidly. Multiple factors contribute to this spread: people living in close quarters, displacement due to violence by armed groups, the inadequacy of water and sanitation infrastructure. In response to an increase in cholera cases in October, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a treatment centre in the Bristout neighbourhood of Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince. This site, which […]
Read More… from Haiti: How MSF is responding to a resurgence of cholera in Pétion-Ville
On Oct. 28, 2025, the devastating hurricane Melissa, struck Jamaica, causing flooding and widespread destruction. The hurricane then swept across Cuba on Oct. 29 and is now affecting Haiti and other countries in the region. Brice de le Vingne, head of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency unit, responds to the hurricane with the […]
Read More… from Hurricane Melissa: MSF prepares to respond in Jamaica and other countries
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