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Haiti
In Haiti, health is a reflection of social inequity. Haiti has a grim distinction: the highest rate of mortality linked to child birth in the West.
- Many women are unable to pay to receive adequate care to give birth safely, including those whose lives and pregnancies are at risk
- MSF offers free obstetric care to women in the slums of the capital, Port-au-Prince
- Since 2006, MSF has helped more than 24,000 women, 60 % of whom had complications
Latest MSF Headlines
Many still vulnerable as medical needs remain unmet
Drug supplies destroyed, electricity cables cut
Countries must fix critical access to medicines
MSF staff safe but rumours of violence remain
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