MSF Partially Resumes Medical Activities in Port-au-Prince — Cité Soleil Hospital Closure Continues as Gang Conditions Still Unmet

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced it had partially resumed medical activities in Port-au-Prince as of mid-to-late May 2026, following the forced evacuation of its Cité Soleil hospital on May 10. The partial resumption applies to MSF's other Port-au-Prince facilities — notably the Tabarre emergency hospital — but does NOT include the Cité Soleil facility, which remained closed as of May 19 (Day 10 of closure) as security conditions in the gang-controlled commune were still assessed as insufficient for safe facility access and operation. The MSF Cité Soleil hospital, the only functioning emergency medical facility accessible to the commune's approximately 300,000 residents, was evacuated on May 10 after MSF treated more than 40 gunshot victims in 12 hours during intense intra-Viv Ansanm gang clashes between Chen Mechan/Taliban/400 Mawozo and Duvivier/Pyè 6 factions fighting over Cul-de-Sac cargo extortion revenues. The sustained closure — now exceeding 10 days — represents one of the longest uninterrupted suspension of emergency medical care in Cité Soleil's recent history. MSF stated the Cité Soleil facility will only reopen when security assessments confirm safe access, without providing a specific timeline. The partial resumption at other Port-au-Prince sites provides some relief for residents of less-dangerous neighborhoods but does not address the medical emergency in Cité Soleil, where residents cannot safely exit the commune to access care at other facilities. With the GSF's ~800 advance personnel entirely concentrated in Port-au-Prince's city center and no international security presence in Cité Soleil, the structural conditions driving the closure — permanent gang territorial control — remain unchanged.