Cancer Prevention Push (Qatar): Qatar Cancer Society and Qatar Red Crescent launched a three-month campaign for workers at Al Jumaila and Messaimeer health centres, focusing on skin, blood and liver cancers with multilingual materials and early-detection messaging. Health Partnerships (Mauritania): Mauritania’s Ministry of Health signed an MoU with Qatar Charity to expand training, health-facility construction, medical campaigns and financing support. Accreditation Update (UAE/Qatar region): Reyada Medical Centre won JCI reaccreditation, reaffirming patient safety, infection control and quality systems. Food Safety Alert (US): CDC-linked Salmonella Javiana outbreak tied to jalapenos has sickened nearly 350 people across 27 states, with restaurants removing affected peppers. Diagnostics Expansion (Uganda): Smart Africa and Uganda’s Ministry of Health plan five modern diagnostic centres in Busoga to boost NCD detection and care. Specialist Care Restart (Venezuela): Caracas’ Vargas Hospital reactivated ERCP services to strengthen complex gastroenterology access under the public health system. Fungus Threat (US): After the one-year memorial for an Atlanta CDC officer, officials warned of rising Candida auris cases, a resistant healthcare fungus. Primary Care Shortage (US): Great Falls residents face difficulty finding accepting-new-patient primary care doctors amid broader US physician shortfall projections. Diabetes & Heart Outcomes (US): New claims-database analysis reports tirzepatide initiation in type 2 diabetes with ASCVD lowered major cardiovascular event risk versus placebo proxy. Obesity Care Standards (China/Macau): The International Obesity Society’s Macau chapter launched to standardize obesity prevention and reduce metabolic-health burdens. Tobacco Policy Fight (Nigeria): Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring urges Nigeria’s lawmakers to reject tobacco-act amendments, warning they could weaken controls and target youth. Measles Vaccination Reminder (US): NIH/acting CDC leader Jay Bhattacharya urged parents to vaccinate as measles cases rise, warning against fearmongering about school exposure. Public Health & Safety (Global): WHO-linked reporting highlights road deaths as a major preventable public health failure, with Africa flagged as moving in the wrong direction.