Healthcare Investment in Nouakchott: The OIC Secretary-General called for stronger partnerships to build resilient healthcare systems, highlighting plans for regional value chains for medicines, vaccines, devices and digital health, at a Nouakchott health-sector investment forum backed by Mauritania’s Ministry of Health and partners. Regional Health Cooperation: Somalia’s health minister joined the same Nouakchott forum to discuss health financing, South-South cooperation, pharmaceutical manufacturing and sustainable funding to improve access to care. Public Health Focus: WHO validated El Salvador as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, underscoring how targeted community work and health-system capacity can stop transmission. Water & Health Security: The African Water Forum opened in Chad with leaders warning that hundreds of millions still lack safe drinking water, linking water governance and infrastructure funding directly to health and dignity. Travel & Disease Alerts: The US imposed temporary flight restrictions on Americans who recently visited the DRC amid Ebola concerns, with guidance tied to a 21-day stay outside the country. Mauritania in the Spotlight: A BBC travel piece described Mauritania as one of the world’s least-visited countries, noting low tourism numbers and limited security incidents since 2011. Nutrition & Harmful Traditions: A report revisited Mauritania’s Leblouh force-feeding tradition, detailing past calorie extremes and ongoing health-rights debate.