13,000 Annual Cancer Cases Highlight Gaps in Haiti’s Healthcare System

Cancer remains a poorly monitored public health problem in Haiti, said Dr. Joseph Bernard Jr., lamenting the absence of a structured program within the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP). Invited to Magik 9’s morning show on Thursday, February 5, 2026, the executive director of the cancer clinic at Saint-François de Sales Hospital, housed at Turgeau Hospital, and of the Saint Peregrine Cancer Clinic located in Les Cayes, reported that approximately 13,000 new cancer cases are diagnosed in Haiti each year, with more