Fuel & Health Crisis: ChildFund New Zealand warns the Pacific fuel crisis is turning into a longer-term threat to safe water, food, and access to healthcare—especially for remote places like Kiribati where imported fuel and irregular shipping can quickly disrupt essential supplies. Nutrition & Climate “Syndemic”: A Pacific-focused look at the global syndemic highlights how climate change is worsening child nutrition (stunting and wasting) while diet shifts are also driving overweight and non-communicable diseases, pushing health systems to tackle undernutrition and obesity together. Regional Health Leadership: As Pacific Heads of Health meet in the Cook Islands, the call is to reshape priorities to address these linked risks across food, water, and chronic disease. Health System Support in Work Migration: A policy brief on the PALM scheme says welfare support is extensive on paper but poorly understood and not well connected in practice—an issue that can affect worker wellbeing and access to help. Pacific Forum in Palau: Palau expects about 2,000 people for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum, with security and health-related planning tied to major regional gatherings. Air Access for Kiribati: Nauru Airlines ended parts of the North Pacific Connector, leaving some destinations without service while Australia evaluates the next subsidized operator—an access issue that can affect travel for care.