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Patient testimonies at Tabarre trauma center in Port-au-Prince, 2010. ENG

Patient testimonies at Tabarre trauma center in Port-au-Prince, 2010.

On January 12, 2010, the magnitude 7.0 earthquake killed thousands of people, displaced millions, and destroyed 60 percent of Haiti’s already struggling health system. MSF, which had been present in Haiti for 19 years prior to the earthquake, lost 12 employees that day, and two of the three MSF-supported medical facilities were seriously damaged. In response to the urgent and almost unlimited needs of the population, MSF mounted one of its largest-ever emergency operations, treating more than 350,000 people affected by the earthquake in just 10 months.

Ten years later, as economic troubles and political tensions have intensified, medical facilities—including those operated by MSF—are struggling to meet the needs of patients.

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