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 of the largest in the country, which had closed during a wave of violence in … Read more
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 impact of this violence on the availability of healthcare in the capital. In a context … Read more
Port-au-Prince, May 5, 2025 – Port-au-Prince is undergoing an extremely high level of violence as armed groups are coordinating attacks on several areas of the city that were previously beyond their control. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is warning that its Tabarre trauma hospital – one of the last in the capital – could reach the … Read more
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 Port-au-Prince, the organisation has taken the difficult decision to withdraw from these two structures for … Read more
Port au Prince, Haiti– Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the intentional opening of fire upon four of its vehicles while they were seeking safety for their staff amid escalating violence in Port au Prince, Haiti. The escalating violence close to the Turgeau Emergency Centre has forced MSF to suspend again its … Read more
Port-au-Prince, Haiti– Since 24 February, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Haiti have witnessed a surge in violence, increasing the 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% of Port-au-Prince is under the control of armed groups, … Read more
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. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided comprehensive medical and psychological care to sexual and … Read more
Port-au-Prince – A series of threats by police forces against 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 … Read more
Port-au-Prince, November 12, 2024 — Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest terms the killing of at least two patients who were executed after an MSF ambulance was stopped by members of a vigilante group and law enforcement officers. On November 11, an MSF ambulance transporting three young people with gunshot wounds was stopped … Read more
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 and in urgent need of hospital care. Held for more than an hour, the patient … Read more