The Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti strongly condemns the fresh attack on the Université d’État d’Haïti hospital (HUEH) on 24 December and asks for an end to attacks against medical facilities.During preparations for the hospital’s reopening, armed persons broke into the premises and fired on those attending the ceremony.According to hospital reports, 4 persons were murdered and 10 injured, including 4 in bad condition. All of them were admitted to the Hôpital de la P.aix. This attack occurred only 8 days after an attack on the Bernard Mevs hospital in Port-au-Prince, which was vandalized and burned down. “Attacks on health facilities are unacceptable,” stated Ulrika Richardson, the Humanitarian Coordinator for HaitI.”Attacks on health facilities are unacceptable,” said Ulrika Richardson, Haiti’s humanitarian coordinator. “Medical facilities and personnel should never be the objective. These serious assaults against health facilities further deprive the Haitian people, particularly the most vulnerable in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, where only 37% of health facilities are fully operational, of critical healthcare services. Ms Richardson stated that all parties concerned must take care not to attack health facilities or personnel while also ensuring access to healthcare for those in need.

Despite the worrying security situation and limited response capacity, humanitarian partners are working alongside national partners to deliver multi-sectoral assistance to the millions of Haitians in need. More than 7,500 people have been injured or died in Haiti since January 2024, according to UN officials. This puts the overall number of deaths and injuries in Haiti to at least 17,248 since the beginning of 2022. In 2025, half of Haiti’s population, or 6 million people, would require humanitarian assistance, 3.3 million of them will be children.