Haiti’s Blood Supply Faces Security Risks and Institutional Challenges

The availability of blood products, like many medical supplies and inputs, is dictated by the pace of insecurity. The National Blood Transfusion Center (CNTS), often overwhelmed by circumstances, struggles to navigate between institutional challenges and the need to adapt to an increasingly hostile security environment.

Claudy Junior Pierre
Par Claudy Junior Pierre
11 Feb 2025 | Lecture : 4 min.

At the end of December 2024, some employees of the National Blood Transfusion Center went on strike. Families of patients in urgent need of blood bore the brunt of this situation when they arrived at the center only to find they could not obtain the lifesaving product.

The strike stemmed from a payment delay for contract employees, which had persisted for several months. Earlier that year, when relations with the Dominican Republic—where Haiti imported certain reagents—had stalled, India stepped in to assist the Nationa

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