El Niño health readiness: WHO says it’s working with Kenya to assess flood and climate disease risks for 2026/27, focusing on surveillance, labs, safe water, sanitation, hygiene, risk communication, and keeping essential services running—warning flooding can trigger cholera, typhoid, dysentery, hepatitis A and diarrhoeal outbreaks. Somalia hunger warning: Somalia is “on the cusp of something much worse” as drought, floods, displacement and malnutrition collide with aid cuts and wider economic shocks, raising fears of another severe hunger surge. Violence and health impacts: Somali journalist Bashir Mohamed Abdullahi was shot in Baidoa and died after surgery and worsening condition, renewing calls for accountability; meanwhile Somali army leadership visited wounded soldiers at a Mogadishu hospital to check care and needs. Emergency medical training: EUCAP Somalia supported Enhanced Medical Training for 15 Federal Darwish female officers, teaching MARCHE protocol skills for field casualty care. Health system data: A Somalia hospital study highlights adult blindness causes, including trauma-related visual loss, underscoring prevention and timely eye care needs. Cross-border deportation risk: Switzerland plans to deport a seriously injured Somali man despite planned medical treatment, raising concerns about medical safety during forced returns.