Haiti Emergency Situation Report No. 16 (As of 9 April 2024) – Haiti

This report is produced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Haiti in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the humanitarian situation in Port-au-Prince following the violence that broke out on 29 February. The report covers the period from 5 to 9 April 2024.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) began caesarean section services in 3 hospitals in Port-au-Prince on 8 April.

• Concern Worldwide has identified 400 new people for its cash transfer programme for food assistance.

34
of the 87 IDP sites in Port-auPrince are schools

+500,000
Hot meals distributed by WFP and partners in 57 IDP sites in Port-au-Prince since 1 March

11,169
Health-related events recorded since 31 March across 22 IDP sites

6.9%
Funding coverage of 2024 HRP

SITUATION OVERVIEW

The health sector continues to pay a heavy price as gang violence continues to disrupt access to health services, particularly in the Port-au-Prince Metropolitan Area (ZMPAP). The Haiti State University Hospital has remained closed since 30 March, while La Paix University Hospital (HUP), the largest functioning public hospital, is overwhelmed. The National Ambulance Centre’s (CAN) referral system continues to face challenges, as its personnel and ambulances have difficulties accessing gang-controlled areas.

More than 89,000 people (21,531 families) now live in 87, of whom 54% are women and 34% are children. About 32 percent of sites do not have latrines, according to the International Organization for Migration.

FUNDING

• The 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) is just under 7 per cent funded.

• The UN Central Emergency Response Fund’s (CERF) 28 March allocation of US$12 million will go towards life-saving activities such as provision of food, water, protection, health care, and sanitation and hygiene support to benefit displaced people and host communities in Port-au-Prince and the neighbouring department of Artibonite, which has also been affected by the violence, as well as humanitarian air services.