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MSF/Epicentre survey shows extreme levels of violence in Cité Soleil

Since the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, Port-au-Prince has been gripped by violence, often extreme. Day after day, people in Haiti’s capital risk being kidnapped, injured or killed in street clashes.

Around 90 armed groups are waging war in the streets of Port-au-Prince and now control more than 80% of the city. Epicentre, MSF’s epidemiology and medical research arm, carried out a retrospective mortality survey in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince largest slum, to investigate the link between violence and mortality; it is the first report of this kind in Haiti in over ten years. Carried out between July and August 2023, it covers the previous 12 months. The results indicate an enormous proportion of violent deaths (41%) in Cité Soleil, and a high exposure to extreme violence (rape, kidnapping, murders, etc). The crude mortality rate (number of deaths per day per 10,000 people is also extremely high at 0.63.

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