Project name: Strengthening Haiti’s Health Facilities for Disaster Resilience
This project seeks to bolster the resilience and adaptive capacity of Haiti’s health infrastructure, ensuring uninterrupted medical care before, during, and after emergencies and hazard events.
Key initiatives include conducting comprehensive assessments of health facilities, formulating facility-specific action plans to reinforce critical systems, and aligning national health policies with global standards and contingency frameworks.
The project will enhance the operational capacity of healthcare personnel, equipping them with the necessary skills and resources to sustain functional systems during disasters.
Lead agency: Ministry of Health and Population
Impact
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This project will strengthen Haiti’s healthcare system by enhancing the resilience of health facilities, ensuring service availability, and expanding surge capacity during disasters. It will train health workers to sustain critical services and foster multi-sectoral collaboration for an integrated response.
2
Community members will indirectly gain from a more robust health system, enabling faster emergency responses and minimizing healthcare disruptions. The project will further support infrastructure investment opportunities, modernizing health facilities to meet contemporary standards.
3
By improving healthcare access, advancing maternal and child health, and mitigating disease burdens, this initiative will generate lasting health and economic benefits—contributing to poverty reduction and strengthening overall community resilience.
