Friend, the situation in Haiti is urgent. Since February 28, when it was announced that general elections may be postponed until as late as August 2025, chaos has engulfed the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.
The violence has taken on a new dimension since last weekend, causing a massive number of casualties and triggering the government’s declaration of a state of emergency. Faced with this further deterioration of the security situation, the number of wounded—many of them women, children, and older adults—requiring treatment by teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has risen sharply.
MSF is scaling up our medical activities in Port-au-Prince to care for the mounting number of people injured in the chaos. We must do this while also continuing our lifesaving work in more than 70 countries. When you make your gift today, it will be put right to work providing care to patients in Haiti, Sudan, Gaza, and around the globe.
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While several local hospitals have stopped functioning, MSF is reopening our emergency center in Turgeau district to increase medical activities and reduce pressure on our existing facilities. On March 4, we also opened a new hospital in the commune of Carrefour, which has an operating theater and 25 beds.
MSF is currently looking for additional hospitals where it could be possible to work in different areas of Port-au-Prince, as the insecurity and improvised roadblocks are preventing ambulances from transporting patients.
Many parts of the city are currently in the throes of violence, which is the culmination of a political, economic, and social crisis that has plagued Haiti since the assassination of its President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. Thousands of people have fled their homes in recent days due to clashes in their neighborhoods, while current high tensions have led MSF to temporarily suspend mobile clinics in several sites.
“We are also worried because our stock of medical supplies is extremely difficult to access, not only because of the situation at the port but also because it is impossible to continue with the administrative procedures for customs clearance,” said Mumuza Muhindo Musubaho, MSF head of mission in Haiti. “We fear we will run out of medicines and medical supplies, which are absolutely essential to meet the enormous needs we are facing at the moment.”
Generous individuals like you make it possible for us to meet urgent needs in Haiti and over 70 countries. Rush an emergency gift today and help MSF provide medical care for patients caught in crisis in Haiti, Gaza, Sudan, and around the world.
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