From Disaster to Insecurity: Health Services in Decline in Haiti

The January 12, 2010 earthquake placed enormous pressure on Haiti’s health system.

Claudy Junior Pierre
13 Jan 2026 — Lecture : 4 min.
From Disaster to Insecurity: Health Services in Decline in Haiti

Le hall de l'Assemblée générale de l'ONU à New York

Between destroyed buildings and an avalanche of injured people, no segment of the system was prepared: very few emergency physicians, no earthquake-resistant buildings housing the major hospitals, an under-equipped ambulance service, limited blood supplies, and the absence of an emergency management protocol in hospitals. This vacuum in disaster management led to material damage, loss of life, and inappropriate surgical interventions, including dozens of limb amputations.

Among the material damage recorded, part of the State Univer

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