Haiti Emergency Situation Report No. 10 (As of 22 March 2024)

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 mainly covers the period from 20-22 March 2024.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Violence and insecurity continue to severely disrupt the aid response in Port-au-Prince.

• Roadblocks and insecurity prevent the World Food Programme (WFP) from delivering food to over 18,000 people.

• New data indicates that nearly five million people are facing acute food insecurity and struggling to feed themselves.

• New International Organization for Migration (IOM) report says 33,000 people have left Port-au-Prince since 8 March.

339,8271 Gallons of water distributed to displaced people since 29 February

+18,800 Hot meals not delivered by WFP for three straight days due to roadblocks in Port-au-Prince

4.97M People facing acute food security

6.5% Funding level of the 2024 Humanitarian Appeal

SITUATION OVERVIEW

The prevailing violence and insecurity that has been affecting Port-au-Prince since 29 February is continuing to severely disrupt aid operations, both for UN humanitarian agencies and NGOs. For three days in a row this week, WFP was unable to deliver a total of some 18,800 hot meals in Port-au-Prince due to roadblocks.

In the health sector, security concerns remain a challenge when referring patients from IDP sites to health facilities.
However, with support from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the National Ambulance Center, La Paix University Hospital and Eliazar Germain hospital were able to receive and treat urgent cases. Bernard Mevs Hospital, which had recently reopened, suspended its operations again this week due to security reasons. The prevailing insecurity is also affecting routine vaccinations. In the few health facilities that remain open, the demand for vaccination services has increased following the arrival of displaced children. Across the country, all health departments have sufficient vaccine doses to last until the end of April. Stocks could begin to run out by the beginning of May if the security situation does not improve as it may not be possible to send vaccines from Port-au-Prince. In Artibonite (Saint Michel) and the Nord-Est departments, there has been a slight increase in cholera cases. Response activities remain inadequate due to the absence of partners in the field and the inability to replenish stocks in the departments due to the ongoing insecurity

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has raised concerns around current constraints that have affected access to services for IDPs based in neighbourhoods such as Bas Delmas and Lasaline. UNICEF’s gender-based violence (GBV) partner, Oganizasyon Fanm Vanyan an Aksyon, has been unable to provide GBV services due access challenges and persisting insecurity since mid-March.