Cité Soleil: Bringing the Battle Against Malnutrition Directly to Families

Far from consultation rooms and hospital walls, the battle against malnutrition is now being fought in homes and communities. In Cité Soleil, community health workers, supported by UNICEF, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), and their partners, go out to meet families, offering at their doorstep life-saving care for hundreds of children.

Cité Soleil: Bringing the Battle Against Malnutrition Directly to Families

Des agents de santé communautaires en visite auprès d’une famille à Truittier

The scourge of malnutrition continues to weigh heavily on the lives of many Haitian families, particularly in disadvantaged neighborhoods of the capital. In Cité Soleil, a joint initiative by the Fontaine Hospital Center, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), and UNICEF has strengthened the community-based management of this public health problem. Today, thanks to the work of community health workers, the fight against malnutrition extends directly into households, allowing them to reach children who, for lack of means,

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