Pacific Health & Climate: A new “global syndemic” framing is putting Pacific child undernutrition, rising obesity, and climate change in the same spotlight, urging Pacific Heads of Health to tackle the links between disrupted food and water systems and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases. Fuel Crisis to Health Crisis: ChildFund New Zealand warns the Pacific fuel crisis is becoming a longer-term water, food, and health threat—especially for Kiribati, where remote islands rely on imported fuel and irregular shipping, meaning delays quickly cut access to safe water, food, and transport to healthcare. NCDs in the Region: In Fiji, cardiologist Dr Sanjeev Kumar Khubey says cardiovascular disease is the main killer, driven by lifestyle shifts toward canned, preserved, frozen, and fried foods, with the hospital seeing around 15 cardiac surgeries a month and patients also coming from nearby islands including Kiribati. PALM Worker Welfare: A policy brief says the PALM welfare support system is extensive on paper but poorly understood and weakly connected in practice, with Approved Employers required to provide Welfare Officers—raising concerns about workers’ ability to raise grievances safely. Kiribati in the Air Links: Nauru Airlines has ended parts of Australia’s North Pacific Connector, leaving some Micronesian sectors without service while Tarawa in Kiribati remains on the revised route.