The Miami Herald’s Portrait of Crisis and Continued Care in Haiti

A new series from The Miami Herald chronicles the deepening crisis in Haiti, where continued gang violence has compounded already devastating public-health challenges in the country. The series documents the alarming rise of gang-related sexual violence revealing how women and girls are disproportionately affected by a crime that receives little attention – often hidden by stigma surrounding survivors and overshadowed by the country’s daily violence.

Medical providers and leaders of human rights organizations in the country say that the current surge has reached catastrophic proportions, with clinics and shelters already operating at limited capacity. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, more than 7,400 cases of gender-based violence had been reported nationwide in 2025—an average of 27 cases a day.

Throughout these series, The Miami Herald interviewed Weill Cornell Medicine faculty Dr. Jean William Pape and Dr. Vanessa Rouzier, whose work in Haiti is carried out through GHESKIO, the country’s leading healthcare and research institution. The series describes how GHESKIO continues to provide care to survivors of sexual violence and sustain essential public health programs, even amidst the country’s health system strain under this protracted political crisis.

Links to articles in the Miami Herlad series can be found below:

Article 1

Article 2 

Article 3 

Article by: Alexandra Cordeiro