ASEAN–Japan Health Cooperation: ASEAN and Japan kicked off a more structured health partnership, flagging healthy ageing and Universal Health Coverage as priorities. Medical Devices Access: WHO South-East Asia Region adopted a resolution pushing countries to improve equitable access to quality-assured medical devices, including in vitro diagnostics and assistive technologies, with national lead units by 2027 and baseline assessments by 2028. Essential Medicines Security: ASEAN endorsed a five-year plan to secure affordable essential medicines for 600+ million people, aiming for uninterrupted supply in normal times and during pandemics or disasters. Myanmar Flood Health Watch: Yangon flooding after heavy monsoon rains has disrupted transport and raised public health worries, with reports of increased acute diarrhea cases. Arsenic in Rivers (Cross-border risk): Monitoring in Thailand found arsenic above surface-water limits in the Kok and Sai rivers, with Myanmar mining upstream cited as a key concern—highlighting the need for cross-border water protection. Education & Health Link: UNESCO warned attacks on schools hit record highs, with 258 million children facing severe learning disruption—an indirect but serious health and wellbeing threat for children. Wildlife Trafficking Probe: Odisha launched investigations after five baby orangutans were found far from their natural habitat, renewing scrutiny of illegal wildlife trade routes.