Overview:
Haiti’s Ministry of Public Well being and Inhabitants organized a march in Cap-Haïtien on April 12 to advertise train, more healthy consuming, and hygiene amongst residents. The occasion introduced collectively a number of medical college students, medical doctors, nurses, and schoolchildren, aiming to encourage a whole lot of contributors via workouts, messages, songs, and dances.
CAP-HAÏTIEN — A whole lot of residents marched via the streets of Cap-Haïtien on April 12 as a part of a Ministry of Public Well being and Inhabitants (MSPP) marketing campaign to advertise more healthy existence. The occasion, held in the course of the ministry’s declared Well being Week on the tail finish of what’s known as Nationwide Transfer Extra month within the U.S., inspired Haitians to train often, eat nutritious meals and observe good hygiene to fight diseases like hypertension and diabetes.
Members—medical college students, medical doctors, nurses, and kids amongst them—walked, danced, squatted and jogged their manner from Road 5 to Road 90 alongside The Boulevard, a stretch roughly one mile lengthy. They held banners with slogans in Creole resembling Sante se avni’m (“Well being is my future”), Meyè bwason ki genyen se dlo (“The most effective beverage is water”) and Prevansyon pi bon ke gerizon (“Prevention is healthier than treatment”).
“We will’t let folks get sick as a result of we don’t have sufficient hospitals within the nation,” stated Dr. Hans Charles, director of the Northern Well being Division. “In the event that they observe our recommendation—to train, eat wholesome, and wash their arms—we could have a more healthy inhabitants and improve life expectancy.”
In line with 2023 World Bank knowledge, Haiti ranks twenty seventh from the underside globally in common life expectancy, with an average of 65 years.
The march additionally featured a bodily coach main attendees in group workouts. Music blasted from a pickup truck, energizing the group as they sang about washing arms and sneezing into elbows. Many attendees smiled, laughed and danced whereas selling their trigger. It was one of many only a few public well being marches in recent times in Cap-Haïtien.
Past the march, the Well being Week marketing campaign included a well being convention, blood donations by 27 residents, and free consultations at Hôpital Universitaire Justinien. Dr. Charles stated the ministry plans to carry ongoing bodily actions like soccer video games to proceed selling public well being, Dr. Charles stated.
“Well being is wealth,” stated Yveton Michel Alciannas, a pupil chief on the College of Saint-Francois d’Assise of the Northern Campus. “You may need cash, however if you happen to’re not wholesome, you gained’t be glad. Well being comes at the start else.”
Relive the well being ministry’s march in Cap-Haïtien in photographs and movies under.
![Two women during the Ministry of Public Health and of the Population’s march in Cap-Haïtien on April 12, 2025. One of the women [left] is looking into her phone’s camera while holding the peace sign while the other one [right] is holding a sign that reads Piramid Alimantè Ayisyen, Creole for “Haitian Food Pyramid.” Photo by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Times.](https://touchedouceradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1746342838_643_Hundreds-march-jog-and-dance-in-Cap-Haitien-to-spark-a.jpg)
![Two women are pictured during the Ministry of Public Health and of the Population’s march in Cap-Haïtien on April 12, 2025. One of them [right] is dancing while holding her phone, while the other one is smiling at the camera. Photo by Onz Chéry/ The Haitian Times.](https://touchedouceradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1746342838_115_Hundreds-march-jog-and-dance-in-Cap-Haitien-to-spark-a.jpg)
