Pacific Health & Resilience: A new UN DESA policy brief says Pacific Small Island Developing States need stronger social protection to cut poverty and help people cope with climate disasters and food, fuel and energy price shocks, noting coverage is high in places like Cook Islands and Palau but below 30% in Kiribati and several others. Regional Cooperation (Health Link): India has been placed on the “strategic partner stream” in the Pacific Islands Forum, with cooperation highlighted in areas including healthcare, renewables, connectivity and capacity building. Capacity Building for Health Workers: India also proposed customised capacity-building programmes for Pacific professionals, offering focused training in India based on each country’s priorities—an approach that could support health workforce development across the region. Climate Threats to Health: An explainer warns sea level rise is already a lived “existential threat,” reshaping livelihoods and communities—an issue that directly affects health through displacement, food insecurity and disaster risk.