People in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are being caught in the crossfire as a wave of violence rages across the capital city.
After the latest escalation in a tense political situation, the need for medical care in the region has continued to surge. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have stepped up their response—increasing our capacity to provide lifesaving care for people injured during the violence. Many of our patients are women, children, and older adults.
Many of the injured have been forced to make a terrible choice: Stay at home and risk not being treated, or go to the hospital and risk more violence.
We’re increasing our efforts to treat as many patients as we can amid this emergency in Haiti, without slowing our essential medical care in over 70 other countries around the world—but we need your help. Make your gift today, and MSF will put it to work providing medical care to patients in Haiti, Sudan, Gaza, and around the globe.
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Tensions have been high in Haiti since February 28, when it was announced that general elections would be postponed to as late as August 2025. This news has sparked extraordinary violence between the authorities and the powerful gangs that control most of the Haitian capital.
On March 4, MSF opened a trauma hospital in Carrefour, southwest of the city center. In our burn and trauma hospital in Tabarre, a neighborhood in the northeastern part of Port-au-Prince, MSF teams have added 50 percent more beds on top of our usual capacity. And we reopened our emergency center in Turgeau district two weeks earlier than planned to respond to the increased needs.
The medical needs are enormously high in this humanitarian catastrophe. We must continue to act swiftly to save lives—even as MSF medical cargo is being blocked due to armed conflict at Haiti’s main port.
Supporters like you make it possible for us to meet needs—amid chaos in Haiti, Gaza, and all around the world. Make an emergency gift today and help MSF provide medical care to anyone who needs it in over 70 countries.
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Sincerely,
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA |
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