Pacific Health Access: Kiribati families are getting heart care through Fiji’s Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Children’s Heart Hospital, with children including a 2-month-old Kiribati baby and other young patients discharged after free treatment and surgery missions, while the hospital also plans to expand specialised cardiac services to adults and adolescents later this month. Community Safety & Health: New Zealand and Kiribati teams carried out a joint operation in Betio to safely dispose of about 300 World War II unexploded ordnance items, including evacuating around 7,000 residents when some degraded shells had to be detonated inside a bunker, and the partners will keep building local explosive ordnance disposal capacity. Regional Support for Health Systems: After the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, U.S. Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau announced new Pacific initiatives including disaster relief for recovery in Kiribati-linked regional travel and support measures that include improving aviation safety for medical access in Solomon Islands. Regional Medical Tourism: Fiji is also drawing patients from across the Pacific, including Kiribati, to PSH Hospitals near Nadi Airport for cardiac and specialist care, with the hospital reporting hundreds of open-heart and thousands of non-invasive procedures.