Doctors Without Borders Warns Sexual Violence Tripled In Haiti
MSF says Port-au-Prince Pran Men'm clinic treated 2,300 sexual abuse patients in the first nine months of 2025 amid rising gang-linked attacks.
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Overview
Doctors Without Borders said the Pran Men'm clinic in Port-au-Prince treated 2,300 sexual abuse patients in the first nine months of 2025 and that case numbers have tripled over the past four years, according to the group's report.
The surge matters because gangs control an estimated 90% of Port-au-Prince and MSF said armed groups are using sexual violence during kidnappings, territorial takeovers and to control humanitarian aid.
Diana Manilla Arroyo, MSF's head of mission in Haiti, said in a phone interview she was "alarmed and outraged," and MSF urged Haiti's government to fund free survivor services and create a 24/7 hotline, officials confirmed.
The clinic has treated nearly 17,000 patients in the past decade, including more than 350 boys and men, and MSF said over 100 individuals were attacked by 10 or more perpetrators, with an average of three perpetrators per case.
MSF said its clinic struggles to find shelters and that nearly 70% of people who sought help between January and September 2025 were displaced, leaving many too late for post-exposure prophylaxis and at continued risk, MSF and U.N. figures show.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources emphasize a humanitarian-crisis and state-failure frame by foregrounding MSF data, survivor testimonies and UN displacement figures while omitting government or security force responses; they use urgent moral language (e.g., 'alarmed,' 'nightmare'), curate graphic survivor quotes (source content), and structure coverage to highlight victim impact and service gaps.