Maternal & Child Health: UNFPA, with Japan support, donated Inter-Agency Reproductive Health kits to Benue to strengthen maternal/newborn care, sexual and reproductive health, and gender-based violence response—targeting over 100,000 vulnerable people, including IDPs. Health Financing & Access: Ebonyi’s health insurance push saw 137,133 beneficiaries enrolled under EBSHIA, with hundreds of thousands of services delivered and pregnant women enrolled—framing it as a major step toward universal health coverage. Ebola Preparedness: Nigeria’s Ebola readiness shows progress in surveillance and labs, but experts warn of gaps in infection prevention, isolation capacity, biosafety, and uneven state preparedness; separately, a doctor treated for Ebola in France after a Congo trip is reported stable. Medical Education: FG committed N217bn over two years to strengthen medical education and healthcare training, including major funding for medical colleges and clinical capacity. Sickle Cell Care: SCHAF calls for urgent action to close Nigeria’s sickle cell “survival gap,” pushing for nationwide newborn screening, better follow-up, pain management, hydroxyurea access, and mental health support. Maternal Safety Research: A multinational study links routine episiotomy to higher postpartum bleeding risk in anaemic mothers, urging more careful use of the procedure. Public Health Governance: NEMA and the World Bank begin reviewing Nigeria’s disaster management frameworks to improve coordination, early warning, and response for climate, insecurity, flooding, and outbreaks. Regulation: FG appointed Dr. Donald Ofili as substantive CEO/Registrar of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria to strengthen oversight and standards.