Regional Health Investment: OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha urged stronger partnerships to build resilient healthcare systems, highlighting regional value chains for medicines, vaccines, devices and digital health at a Nouakchott forum backed by Mauritania’s Ministry of Health and the Islamic Development Bank. Cross-Border Health Cooperation: Somalia’s Health Minister Ali Haji Aden joined the same Nouakchott investment forum, calling for South-South cooperation, pharmaceutical manufacturing and sustainable financing to improve access to care. Public Health Milestone: WHO validated El Salvador’s elimination of trachoma as a public health problem, citing multi-year community assessments and strengthened health system capacity—an example of what sustained prevention and detection can achieve. Water & Health Risk in Mali: After sabotage hit Bamako’s power supply, tap water was unavailable for days; hospitals relied on boreholes and advised adding bleach, while SOMAGEP said systems are operational again but the grid remains disrupted. Health Security Concern: Deportees held in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea say authorities quarantined suspected Ebola patients there, raising urgent questions about infection control in third-country detention settings. Humanitarian Health Governance: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) participated in ARCO’s 50th General Assembly in Nouakchott, discussing humanitarian priorities and plans to expand support for vulnerable communities. Nutrition & Disease Link (Research): A Senegal experiment is testing whether adding tilapia to rice farms can improve nutrition and help farmers tackle food insecurity, poverty and disease. Health & Environment Monitoring: Scientists from 21 African countries met in Accra to harmonize microplastics monitoring protocols using nuclear and isotopic techniques, including Mauritania, to strengthen coastal protection policies.