Pacific Health & Resilience: Samoa’s Acting Health Minister signed a nearly US$3m deal for medical equipment and supplies under an ADB-backed project to strengthen vaccine coverage across Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu—aimed at cutting pneumonia and diarrhoea in children, cervical cancer incidence, and other vaccine-preventable outbreaks, with UNOPS handling procurement and support for rural cold-chain logistics. Cardiac Care Across Islands: Fiji’s Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Heart Hospital is expanding free paediatric cardiac services across the Pacific, including recent visiting missions that treated children from Solomon Islands and Kiribati; the hospital reports 56,000+ heart screenings and uses early detection plus catheter-based procedures to reduce the need for open-heart surgery. Climate, Water, and Child Health Risk: Pacific leaders and partners are warning that worsening climate impacts—plus a prolonged fuel crisis—could trigger a polycrisis, with El Niño expected to bring drought in some areas and heavier rain in others, raising pressure on safe drinking water, food supplies, and children’s health. Regional Action for COP31: At the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, leaders pushed for stronger coordination and access to climate finance for renewables and resilience, while also tightening regional positions on oceans, fisheries, deep-sea minerals, and marine pollution—issues closely tied to food security and health. Security and Health Systems Link: Side events stressed that turning security commitments into real outcomes needs sustained political will and better coordination—highlighting that health crises and cross-border harms are part of the same implementation challenge.