Haiti: MSF report documents alarming rise of sexual violence in Port-au-Prince

January 28, 2026

Port-au-Prince, January 28, 2026 – Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has surged in Haiti's capital since 2021 and is being used systematically to terrorize the population, with a disproportionate impact on women and girls, according to a report released today...

Haiti: MSF treats over 100 patients in two weeks as hospital access deteriorates.

January 23, 2026

Port-au-Prince, Thursday 22 January 2026: In the first two weeks of January, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated just over 100 people injured by violence at the MSF hospital in Drouillard in Port-au-Prince. Since late December, the city has seen a...

Haiti: Escalating violence in Bel Air

January 9, 2026

MSF calls for the protection of civilians and medical facilities.8 January 2026, Port-au-Prince, Haiti – 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...

MSF regret to announce the permanent closure of its Emergency Centre Turgeau in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

October 16, 2025

Port-au-Prince, 14 October 2025 - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to permanently close its Emergency Center in Turgeau due to increasing insecurity in the centre of Port-au-Prince. This health facility had temporarily closed its doors and suspended its...

Haiti: MSF supports the reopening of a major maternity hospital in the capital

October 13, 2025

Port-au-Prince, October 13, 2025 – Access to health care has become severely limited amid a broader crisis of violence and insecurity in Haiti. In response, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is supporting the reopening of the Isaïe Jeanty Maternity Hospital, one...

Haiti: Health system and civilians trapped in escalating violence

October 7, 2025

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 its facilities and highlights the...

Haiti: MSF withdraws from two medical facilities in Port-au-Prince as widespread violence intensifies

April 9, 2025

Port-au-Prince, 8 April, 2025 - Following the targeted attack on 15 March against a 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...

Haiti: A call to support survivors of sexual violence

January 14, 2025

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...

Haiti: MSF denounces obstruction of ambulance causing patient’s death

September 6, 2024

On Tuesday, September 3, a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ambulance carrying a patient in critical condition was stopped by police in Port-au-Prince and detained, preventing our team from providing the necessary care. The patient was suffering from an open fracture...

Closed Ports, Empty Shelves: Haiti Urgently Needs Medical Supplies

May 22, 2024

Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 21st May, 2024 – Since the end of February, Port-au-Prince has been engulfed in unprecedented violence, cutting off the Haitian capital from the outside world following the closure of the airport and ports. The escalating insecurity has severely...

Haiti: New survey reveals extreme levels of violence in Port-au-Prince

March 7, 2024

A survey conducted by MSF’s Epicentre shows an abnormally high mortality rate, with more than 40 percent of all deaths caused by violence.PORT-AU-PRINCE/PARIS – The first survey in more than a decade to examine the impact of violence on mortality in Haiti reveals...

MSF scales up its medical response in Port-au-Prince during chaos in the Haitian capital

March 6, 2024

Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is scaling up its medical activities in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to care for the mounting number of people injured in the chaos that has engulfed the Haitian capital since the February 28 announcement that...