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Humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti requires urgent international action, aid officials say

PORT AU PRINCE/NEW YORK 15 July 2024 – Haiti’s multifaceted humanitarian emergency needs urgent attention and strategies beyond emergency, three senior UN officials said today as they wrapped up a four-day visit to the country. Representatives from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),...

Nadege and her children's struggle for survival.

Léogâne, Haiti –Nadege, a 37-year-old mother of four, appears burdened by the weight of the world. Her distressed gaze speaks volumes. After walking for hours, she and her children reached Léogâne, seeking refuge in one of the makeshift sites established in the town. They arrived with no resources or shelter. The ...

Violence sending shocks around Haiti’s collapsing health system

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 21 May 2024 – An alarming six out of ten hospitals in Haiti are barely operational as recent escalating violence in Port-Au-Prince has continued to deprive children of critical health supplies and medicine, UNICEF warned today. Every hospital in the country has reported difficulties in acquiring an...

Armed violence deepening malnutrition crisis for children in Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE/NEW YORK, 26 March 2024 - The alarming surge in armed violence in areas of Haiti is creating heightened risk of furthering a malnutrition crisis in the country, UNICEF warned today. The recent findings from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis indicate an alarming 19 per ...