PORT-AU-PRINCE, January 13, 2025—Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Haiti's capital urgently need vital services such as safe shelters, mental health support and medical care, as rapes and other assaults have become widespread during violence and insecurity in the city in recent years.



Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided comprehensive medical and psychological care to sexual and gender-based violence survivors through its Pran Men'm clinic in Port-au-Prince since 2015. After a citywide suspension of MSF's medical activities due to threats against staff and patients in November, the clinic reopened in December and is continuing to receive patients 24/7, free-of charge.



To highlight the crisis of sexual violence in Haiti's capital, MSF partnered with an award-winning Haitian visual artist in the U.S., Lyne Lucien, to animate one survivor's difficult journey toward recovery (released today on Instagram [link] and other digital platforms).