Free Primary Healthcare Rollout (Ghana): Ghana’s health minister launched the Free Primary Healthcare initiative in the Ahafo Region, promising free treatment at CHPS compounds, health centres and polyclinics, with expansion planned nationwide by end-2028. Regulation & Patient Safety (Ghana): HeFRA shut 14 facilities in the Upper East for licensing and staffing violations, while also saying inspections aim to correct gaps before closure. Doctors’ Strike Pressure (India): Odisha’s government invited striking doctors for talks as the OMSA walkout disrupts OPD/IPD, emergencies and post-mortems; BJD blamed the state for the crisis. Healthcare Access Tech (India): Andhra Pradesh began using drones to move medicines, blood and diagnostic samples across remote tribal areas in phases. Workforce & Labor Fallout (India): Kerala intervened after ~900 medical coding staff were abruptly terminated by a US healthcare analytics firm, following protests and promises of compensation talks. Insurance Continuity (Nepal): Nepal’s Health Insurance Board ordered hospitals to keep uninterrupted, quality care for insured patients and warned against unnecessary tests. Health System Capacity (US): Valley Children’s Healthcare plans a 73,000 sq-ft ambulatory pavilion in Madera to expand subspecialty care and infusion space. MS Research (Global): A study links fat-loaded “foamy” brain immune cells to faster multiple sclerosis progression, pointing to risk stratification. Violence Against Staff (US): Police say a man assaulted two healthcare workers at a Pittsburgh VA hospital, including an eight-weeks-pregnant technician.