El Niño & Hunger Watch: UN warns over 2 million under-five children in Somalia face high hunger and acute malnutrition, with 1.92m needing treatment (including 433,000 severe cases) as 5.4m people face crisis hunger or worse in Oct–Dec; Baidoa is flagged as a new famine-risk hotspot amid displacement and El Niño flooding risks. Flood Preparedness: The UK pledges £5m to help Somalia prepare for El Niño rains, funding early warning, temporary relocation, flood protection, and essential health, nutrition, WASH services, including keeping up to 71 health facilities running and expanding mobile health support. Maternal Health Systems: A UNGA-side panel highlights a key gap: medical innovations don’t help if frontline staff aren’t trained and systems aren’t ready—example cited from Kenya where postpartum hemorrhage detection tools sat unused without training. Regional Health Pressure: OCHA warns projected El Niño flooding could affect up to 3.4m people and raise waterborne disease risks, while funding constraints have already closed or reduced capacity at hundreds of facilities. Nutrition Recovery Story: A case from Lascaanood shows stabilization-center care for severe malnutrition, followed by outpatient monitoring and cash support to help families continue recovery.