Haiti Cholera Resurgence in 2025
Recent Developments
01By early September 2025, PAHO reported a downward trend in new suspected cholera cases, and no culture-confirmed cases had been reported since epidemiological week 25, after 2,471 samples had been analyzed.
02PAHO reported response operations across 66 IDP sites in and around Port-au-Prince, with treatment, surveillance, chlorination, and hygiene support continuing through 2025.
03Human Rights Watch reported on November 5, 2025 that Haitian authorities had recorded 2,852 suspected cases, 186 confirmed cases, and 48 deaths from January 1 to October 30, 2025.
Interventions
- PAHO/WHO-supported surveillance, treatment, chlorination, and hygiene services in displacement sites and outbreak communes.
- MSPP-led response activities, including awareness campaigns, provision of chlorine and safe water, and deployment of mobile health services.
- Health-cluster coordination and emergency supply support for treatment centers and affected communes.
What Works
- Rapid case detection and treatment in acute diarrhea/cholera treatment centers, which reduces mortality when patients receive care early.
- Chlorination of water sources and distribution of safe water and hygiene supplies in displacement settings, which PAHO and partners have used in affected sites.
- Targeted surveillance and response in high-risk communes and IDP sites, which has been the core of the current containment strategy.
How to Help
- Donate to reputable humanitarian and health organizations supporting Haiti’s cholera response.
- Support organizations providing safe water, sanitation, and emergency health services in displacement sites.
- Advocate for sustained humanitarian access, WASH funding, and health-system support for Haiti.
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Organizations Helping(13)
IOM is directly involved in Haiti’s displacement crisis by tracking population movements, supporting internally displaced people, and coordinating emergency response for people forced from their homes by gang violence. UN reporting notes that displacement has reached about 1.47 million people and that IOM’s Haiti mission has warned the crisis is reaching an increasingly alarming stage, indicating the agency is actively managing displacement data and response operations in Haiti.
ECHO is supporting Haiti's cholera response through direct funding of medical interventions and coordinated efforts with government services and partners. They are backing the Ministry of Public Health and Population's scaled-up response across 66 IDP sites in and around the capital, enabling crucial medical interventions to contain the epidemic and limit its consequences. ECHO funding supports surveillance, treatment center operations, and community prevention activities in displacement camps where cholera outbreaks continue to affect vulnerable populations.
UNICEF’s strategy is to combine direct service delivery with system strengthening, using child-focused interventions that can work at scale and in crises. Its public materials emphasize low-cost, high-impact, and sustainable solutions across health, nutrition, education, WASH, and protection, rather than isolated one-off projects.[6][2] A distinctive part of UNICEF’s approach is that it works through governments and local, national, and global partners to build or improve public systems while also reaching children immediately in emergencies. In education, for example, UNICEF both creates temporary learning centers for displaced children and helps strengthen formal education systems; in health, it pairs vaccine procurement and immunization support with disease prevention and primary care.[8][2] UNICEF also uses an equity-centered model, prioritizing children who are out of school, living in conflict zones, affected by poverty, or excluded because of gender or disability. Its programs are designed to protect children’s rights while delivering measurable outcomes such as improved survival, learning, sanitation, and protection in both stable and emergency settings.[8][6]
WFP’s strategy combines immediate life-saving assistance with measures that reduce future vulnerability. In emergencies, it uses a mix of direct food aid, cash, and vouchers so assistance can be adapted to local market conditions and delivered quickly when conflict, displacement, or disaster disrupts access to food.[3][5][10] A distinctive part of WFP’s approach is that it links humanitarian response with resilience-building. It does this by pairing food assistance with community asset creation, nutrition programming, school meals, and support for social safety nets, so the same intervention can meet urgent hunger needs while strengthening local systems, infrastructure, and livelihoods over time.[3][7][10] WFP also emphasizes scale and partnership with governments. Its programmes are implemented across many countries and are designed to complement public systems, including school feeding and social protection, while using tools such as cash, market access support, and food-security data to make assistance more efficient and context-specific.[5][7]
