Food Insecurity and Shortage in Haiti

Food Insecurity and
Shortage in Haiti

Introduction to Case Study
• As observed by Parent et al., (2015), Haiti has
been encountering high rates of food insecurity
and shortage since the last 2 decades.
• As researched by Rebick et al., (2016), Chronic
socioeconomic conditions and acute crises like
a long history of natural disasters have
contributed to this condition.
• According to the CNSA in 2016, Haiti reported
47% food insecurity rates and 10% severe food
insecurity rates (Parent et al., 2015).

Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
• According to the WHO, an HIA frameworks
aids in assessing effectiveness of policies
designed for management of environmental
or public health issues in a nation.
• HIA will be useful to analyze quality of
existing management of food insecurity and
shortage in Haiti.
• HIA will provide scope for possibilities of
future improvement (World Health
Organization, 2019).

Profiling: Current Status
• As reported by the USAID, undernourishment
has been reported across 40% of Haitian
households, of which 30% are children.
• In 2012, as reported by the USAID (2019),
stunting in Haitian children were reported to be
23.8%.
• World Food Programme has continued to
provide long term assistance to the local
government, through the provision of hot meals
and availability of crisis services (United States
Agency for International Development, 2019).

Profiling: Demographics and
Health Attributes
• As noted by Lusk and Andre (2017), Food
insecurity and hunger have affected majorly
the children and expectant women in Haiti
• Child deaths occur from diarrhea (12.1%),
malnutrition (9.1%), perinatal infections
(10.2%) and acute respiratory infections
(World Health Organization, 2019).
• In 2000, maternal mortality rates were
reported to be 523 per 100, 000 live births
(Bush et al., 2015).