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Providing support to victims of sexual violence in Haiti

Violence has become widespread in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in recent years, as seen in frequent clashes between armed groups and the police, and in the closure of major institutions, such as public hospitals, due to insecurity. Our teams have worked to increase access to care for victims and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Port-au-Prince and have seen more patients than ever before. 

In 2024, our teams provided care to 4,463 victims and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence at Pran Men’m clinic and Carrefour Maternity hospital, and through a new programme at our hospital in Cité Soleil. In 2023, we provided care to 3,207 victims and survivors at Pran Men’m clinic and Carrefour Maternity hospital, which was a sharp increase from 1,775 in 2022.

We also provided care to victims and survivors through mobile clinics in multiple areas of Port-au-Prince.

While our teams continue to receive many victims and survivors of violence by intimate partners, since mid-2022, more patients say that their assailant was previously unknown to them, and many incidents have involved armed groups, often with more than one assailant. Among the victims and survivors are children and people who have been displaced from their homes. A typical method used by these groups is intimidation with weapons. 


Fonte original msf.org

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