Somalia Health Quality Push: Somalia’s Ministry of Health and Human Services met with the International Rescue Committee and hospital partners to plan a unified national system for monitoring and improving healthcare quality and patient safety, with a focus on safer maternal and newborn care and a National Healthcare Quality Strategy. Education-to-Health Capacity: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud opened the 2026-27 higher education year in Mogadishu and inaugurated new university facilities, including an emergency and critical care centre and a centre for Arab health affairs, aiming to strengthen medical training and research. Regional One Health Warning: Kenya reported African Swine Fever killing over 1,470 pigs in Kiambu since mid-May, with outbreaks now confirmed in six more counties, prompting stepped-up surveillance and controls on livestock movement. Humanitarian Health Support: Qatar Charity said it delivered about QR809 million in humanitarian and development aid from January to July 2026, reaching 10+ million people across 44 countries, including emergency healthcare support in crises such as Somalia. Polio Accountability: Pakistan’s polio response is under fire as officials cite high vaccination coverage while missed children and refusals persist, with sewage samples still finding the virus. Controversy With Health Funding: Reports claim children of Somalia’s former dictator Siad Barre are living in Ohio and were linked to a Medicare-funded home health firm worth $1.8M, sparking anger in the Somali community and calls for scrutiny.