Haiti: Cholera Resurgence Threatens Vulnerable Communities

By Human Rights Watch

Cholera patients receive treatment at a medical center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 16, 2025. © 2025 Mentor David Lorens/EPA/Shutterstock (Washington, DC) – A resurgence of cholera in Haiti’s West department underscores the urgent need for coordinated, long-term action to restore basic water and sanitation systems, Human Rights Watch said today. The outbreak, part of a seasonal surge during the rainy period, is spreading in and around Port-au-Prince and its metropolitan area amid the near collapse of the capital’s health infrastructure and worsening insecurity.Between January 1 and October…

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