Free health screening for media workers: Port Moresby General Hospital, with Moni Plus, hosted a World Press Freedom Day check-up for journalists, with vital-signs screening plus mental health, dental, and eye/ENT checks, and on-the-spot referrals; trainee cardiologist Dr Mallen warned that strokes are landing daily and urged lifestyle change as PNG faces both communicable and non-communicable disease burdens. Malaria push: The Government launched the Governors Ending Malaria (GEM) Coalition to accelerate malaria elimination by 2035, with provinces taking the lead on community engagement and resourcing across high-burden areas. TB advocacy gets political backing: A TB Advocacy Media Strategy was launched after high-level parliamentary training, and more than 50 MPs signed a declaration supporting the PNG Parliamentary TB Caucus. Disability-inclusive hospital planning: Morobe Disability Association representatives helped shape safer, more accessible refurbishment plans for Angau Memorial Provincial Hospital’s former emergency building. Rural clinic support: Rugby star Justin Olam delivered K30,000 in medical supplies to Monono Sub-Health Centre and Wangoi Health Centre in Chuave, easing shortages for mothers and children. Connectivity for health and schools: The US announced US$30m for satellite internet in PNG, targeting remote schools, rural health facilities, and disaster centres. Oral cancer warning: A Chinese medical team leader urged PNG communities to reduce betel nut chewing, citing its cancer risk and links to oral disease and TB spread. Snakebite and antivenom focus: A Danish scientist interview highlighted snakebite as a neglected tropical threat and stressed better training and matching treatment to venom.