MSF Isaïe Jeanty Maternity Hospital Forced to Suspend Activities After Gang Clashes Strike Building

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) suspended activities at the Isaïe Jeanty Maternity Hospital in Cité Soleil on June 19, 2026, after five days of intense fighting between armed groups in the neighborhood during which bullets struck the maternity building. The closure came less than three weeks after the hospital had reopened (June 1) following a prior 25-day forced shutdown, underscoring the facility's precarious position amid recurring Cité Soleil gang clashes. In the first half of 2026 the maternity ward supported 995 deliveries and treated 122 victims/survivors of sexual violence, making it one of the few functioning obstetric facilities in the gang-controlled commune. The three-week closure left Cité Soleil residents — among Haiti's most violence-affected and displaced populations — without access to emergency obstetric care.