Haiti

8th May 2012 is International Nurses DayAt MSF, we'd like to pay tribute to some of our fantastic nurses who volunteer...

 

“When the disease hits, it's life or death”

Moïse is thirty-three years old. He arrived a few hours ago, in a serious condition, at the cholera treatment centre in Thomassique, a small town in the Centre department in Haiti.

An MSF Cholera Treatment Centre. Haiti 2010 © Jean Marc Giboux

One year after a devastating earthquake killed an estimated 222,000 people and left 1.5 million people homeless, Haitians continue to endure...

 

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In the wake of the devastating earthquake of 12 January
2010, which killed an estimated 222,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless in
Haiti, MSF...

Haiti 2010 © Julie Remy

Cholera cases are on the rise in Haiti following the onset of the rainy season, and the country is not adequately prepared to combat the deadly...

Haiti 2012 © Mathieu Fortoul/MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has officially opened a new emergency trauma, orthopaedic and visceral surgery referral centre in the Tabarre...

Country Year © Author/MSF

Two years after the earthquake, the health care system in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas is still in disarray.  Most Haitians still...

Country Year © Author/MSF

One year since the start of the ongoing cholera epidemic in Haiti, people all over the country are still threatened by the deadly disease.

Haitian MSF doctor hiking to MSF Cholera Treatment Centre
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