In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, Dr. Sinal Bertrand, Haiti’s Minister of Public Health, embarked on a critical assessment tour of the Great South region on November 5, 2025. Accompanied by representatives from the World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF, and key Ministry officials, including Dr. Martial Bénèche, Director of the Expanded Program on Immunization, the Minister arrived by helicopter to evaluate the region’s health infrastructure and emergency response efforts. The tour began in Chalon, where the delegation reviewed mission priorities at the WFP regional office. Dr. Bertrand then traveled to Petit-Goâve, one of the areas most severely impacted by the cyclone, to inspect the Municipal Emergency Operations Center and Notre-Dame Hospital. There, he commended Dr. Fred Jasmin and his team for their exceptional management of the crisis and presented six new letters of assignment to strengthen medical staff in critical areas such as surgery and pediatrics. The Minister also visited a shelter housing over fifty displaced children, pledging government support for their medical and educational needs. In Nippes, Dr. Bertrand inspected the construction site of the Nippes Health Directorate’s administrative building and the planned departmental incinerator. He praised the collaboration between Cuban medical specialists and Haitian staff at Sainte-Thérèse Hospital in Miragoâne, where he conducted a thorough evaluation of the maternity, pediatric, and emergency departments. Throughout the tour, essential supplies, including food, hygiene kits, and medical equipment, were delivered to Petit-Goâve and the Grand Sud region to bolster health infrastructure and prevent epidemics. Dr. Bertrand lauded the Nippes Health Directorate for its swift mobilization during the crisis and continued his tour to the South and Grand’Anse departments to further coordinate post-disaster health interventions.