Gender

The Trump Administration intends to deport Haitians residing in the United States with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) despite the fact that Haiti is insecure, dangerous, and a humanitarian emergency.  The head of Doctors Without Borders recently visited Haiti and returned with a clear message for the administration: "People should not be returned to places where violence and insecurity make it unsafe to live, work, or access basic services, including medical care. That reality should guide any decisions about the future of TPS."  Deportees may be kidnapped, injured, or killed - please contact your elected officials on their behalf. 

Haiti’s investment in health has dropped from 16.6 percent in 2004 to 4.4 percent in 2017 despite everything its people have been through since then - unrest, cholera, natural disasters, the earthquake, COVID-19, gender-based violence, and grinding poverty.  Opportunities to consult formally trained mental health workers rmeain rare.  For a country of nearly 11 million, Haiti also only has 23 psychiatrists and 124 psychologists.  Some alternatives, such as hotlines, are beginning to emerge in response.  Linked and below is an article by Jessica Obert in the New Humanitarian about the mental health situation in Haiti.