Silent Diabetes: Thousands Affected in Haiti Without Knowing

In a country where insecurity, daily stress, and precarious living conditions already undermine thousands of lives, World Diabetes Day takes on a particular meaning. As 7% of the adult Haitian population is affected — and half of them are unaware — health actors emphasize the urgency of screening and prevention. In Haiti, protecting oneself from diabetes also becomes an act of resistance, a vital gesture to regain control over one’s health in an environment that constantly threatens it.

Claude Bernard Sérant
14 Nov 2025 — Lecture : 3 min.
Silent Diabetes: Thousands Affected in Haiti Without Knowing

La présidente de la FADIMAC, Dr Nancy Charles Larco
Photo : Claude Bernard Sérant

“ In Haiti, 7% of the adult population lives with diabetes, that is about 470,000 people. Half of them are unaware of it,” declared the president of the Haitian Foundation for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases (FADIMAC), Dr. Nancy Charles Larco, during an address in the conference room of the Ministry of Public Health, on the occasion of World Diabetes Day, Friday, November 14, 2025.

This year’s theme: “For diabetes prevention, we take the test, we take care of ourselves.” This theme resonates direc

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