Since the beginning of March, Port-au-Prince has been isolated due to the closure of the airport and ports. The insecurity is seriously disrupting the medical activities of MSF, which has not been able to import medicines and medical equipment since mid.
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The violence has forced several medical institutions and dialysis centers to close, including Haiti's largest public hospital. Located in downtown Port-au-Prince, the Hospital of the State University of Haiti was supposed to reopen on April 1 after closing when the attack began, but gangs have infiltrated it.
Life-saving medication and equipment is dwindling or altogether absent at hospitals and clinics across Haiti s capital as brutal gangs tighten their grip on Port-au-Prince and beyond. They have blocked roads,