Share articleThe number of sexual abuse cases being treated at a clinic in Haiti’s capital has tripled in the past four years as gang violence surges across the troubled Caribbean country, a health charity warned Wednesday. Doctors Without Borders said it was “alarmed and outraged” by the overwhelming level of sexual and gender-based violence. The clinic has treated nearly 17,000 patients in the past decade, including 2,300 alone in the first nine months of last year. Control and powerGangs control an estimated 90% of Port-au-Prince, with many resorting to sexual abuse to instill fear, experts say. MSF called on Haiti’s government to allocate more funds to free health care and services for sexual abuse survivors.