Story: While Bendegeweld continues to escalate in Haiti, access to health care for most people is out of reach.
For Haitian mothers, such as Cinneas Lionne, this means that you seek care in hospitals in the neighboring Dominican Republic.
“Would I have a child in Haiti? No, I wouldn't do that. I had my child here. I don't know how care really is in Haitian hospitals. I don't think I would receive good care because of the situation of the government.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, but are divided by a heavily secure border, long -term tensions and a huge wealth crack.
In Haiti, the health care system is pushed on the edge.
A UN report in October said that less than a quarter of the hospitals around Port-au-Prince is currently operational.
:: Bazil Jephte
That assessment came for a peak in violence at the end of 2024 in which Bendes Journalists shoot and killed gathered in the largest public hospital in Haiti.
They had been there for a press conference of the government intended to announce a long -awaited reopening.
Those plans have been put on hold.
:: WFP
The airport and ports of the capital are repeatedly forced to be closed, so that hospitals are urged to have a lack of stocks such as blood and oxygen.
But although the Dominican Republic of Haitian mothers offers access to relatively better health care, it comes with considerable risks.
The country deported more than 200,000 Haitians in 2024 and almost 15,000 in the first two weeks of 2025 alone.
Authorities have promised to continue to deport up to 10,000 people a week to manage the inflow of migrants.
Dominican politicians claim that the country lacks the means to support the large number of Haitian migrants.
Local doctors said that many Haitian women are afraid of attending prenatal checks and tend to arrive late in the evening or when they are about to give birth to the risk of deportation.
