Political instability, gang violence and the impact of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in 2021 have escalated the complex humanitarian crisis in Haiti. Access to social services is compromised and risks of gender-based violence (GBV) heightened. UNFPA strengthens capacity at health facilities so that women and adolescent girls can access sexual and reproductive health services, and supports survivors of GBV.
Rural Haiti is hard to reach. Women and girls there need reproductive health care. Without urgent action, maternal deaths will rise, and vulnerability to sexual violence will increase.
See what happens when a hurricane hits a hospital. Beaumont Hospital, in Haiti, was devastated by Hurricane Matthew.
Some 13,000 women will give birth in hurricane-affected areas in the next three months. Thousands of them will experience complications. Without urgent action, maternal death rates will rise.