AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoPacific Security & Health Resilience: Australia and Fiji signed two landmark pacts in Suva—the Vuvale Treaty and the Ocean of Peace Alliance—aimed at deeper security cooperation, economic integration, and resilience, as regional leaders point to rising cyber threats, illicit trafficking, and climate stress. Aid & Public Health Pressure: An OECD report warns small island developing states in Asia and the Pacific are among the hardest hit as global aid drops to the lowest level since 2014, with health spending falling back toward pre-pandemic levels and major cuts flagged for malaria, tuberculosis, and other communicable disease control—raising risks for already stretched services in places like Tuvalu. Health Risk From War Debris: The Royal Australian Navy’s Operation Render Safe continues to tackle unexploded WWII munitions across the South Pacific, including planned reconnaissance in Tuvalu’s Nanumea—where corroding ordnance can contaminate soil, water, and coastal ecosystems. Chronic Disease Spotlight: A global obesity roundup highlights how the Pacific carries an outsized burden of chronic disease, pointing to very high obesity rates in small island nations such as Nauru and linking the trend to diet shifts tied to globalization.
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