Haiti- Complex Emergency
Date of Publication
1-1-2023 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Natural Disasters
Keywords
Humanitarian operational landscape, climatic shocks, floods, earthquakes, natural disasters
Description
Political instability, widespread insecurity, and limited access to essential services due to organized criminal group (OCG) activity, and exposure to natural hazards—including tropical cyclones and earthquakes—continue to drive widespread humanitarian needs in Haiti. Approximately 4.9 million people—nearly half of the country’s total population—likely requires emergency food assistance through June. Increasing prices for basic food items—driven in part by OCG activity, recurrent drought, and rising inflation continue to diminish household purchasing power, hinder people’s ability to afford enough nutritious food, and exacerbate needs. In addition, widespread insecurity and related restrictions on the movement of food supplies, households’ limited access to safe drinking water, and rising food prices are driving poor nutrition outcomes across Haiti, where one in five children ages fives years and younger are suffering from acute malnutrition, according to the 2023 Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transition Nutrition Survey conducted by USAID/BHA partner the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Moreover, widespread protection needs persist—the UN estimates 1.9 million people in Haiti require protection assistance in 2023—due to increased OCG violence in recent months and limited access to basic services and livelihood opportunities.
Haiti- Complex Emergency
Political instability, widespread insecurity, and limited access to essential services due to organized criminal group (OCG) activity, and exposure to natural hazards—including tropical cyclones and earthquakes—continue to drive widespread humanitarian needs in Haiti. Approximately 4.9 million people—nearly half of the country’s total population—likely requires emergency food assistance through June. Increasing prices for basic food items—driven in part by OCG activity, recurrent drought, and rising inflation continue to diminish household purchasing power, hinder people’s ability to afford enough nutritious food, and exacerbate needs. In addition, widespread insecurity and related restrictions on the movement of food supplies, households’ limited access to safe drinking water, and rising food prices are driving poor nutrition outcomes across Haiti, where one in five children ages fives years and younger are suffering from acute malnutrition, according to the 2023 Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transition Nutrition Survey conducted by USAID/BHA partner the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Moreover, widespread protection needs persist—the UN estimates 1.9 million people in Haiti require protection assistance in 2023—due to increased OCG violence in recent months and limited access to basic services and livelihood opportunities.
