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On 21 July 2022, Maila Rene, 4, receives a dose of Vitamin A at Hopital Immaculée Conception in Les Cayes, Departement du Sud, Haiti.

19 December 2022

With UNICEF support, Haiti kickstarts campaign to immunize about 1.7 million people against cholera

41 per cent of confirmed cholera cases are reported among children under 14.

On November 21, 2022, Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Director of the Office of Emergency Programmes, visited the UNICEF-supported GHESKIO health center located in Centre Ville, Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti.

22 November 2022

Haiti: children account for 2 in 5 cholera cases -UNICEF

Cholera is most prevalent in areas with a high burden of severe acute malnutrition.

A baby suffering from cholera symptoms receive his treatment at Centres Gheskio in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 14 October 2022.

24 October 2022

Cholera outbreak in Haiti hits over 1,700 suspected cases –half of them children

Fuel shortages and insecurity are hampering the life-saving response.

One in five children suffers from acute malnutrition in Cite Soleil, Haiti.

14 October 2022

Cholera threat ‘close to a death sentence' for children with severe acute malnutrition in Haiti as food insecurity worsens

In Cité Soleil, 8,000 children under five are at risk due to combined threat of severe wasting and cholera.

Two Haitian children seated in an empty classroom.

10 October 2022

Increase in violence and resurgence of cholera in Haiti may leave more than 2.4 million children unable to return to school - UNICEF

A woman washes boy’s hands at Bethesda health centre, Cap Haitien, Haiti

04 October 2022

Amidst insecurity in Haiti, new cholera upsurge puts 1.2 million children at risk

Video Combatting cholera in Haiti: home straight

27 November 2019

Combatting cholera in Haiti: home straight

UNICEF and its partners remain mobilized to defeat the last cholera hotspots.