Essential medicines: At a Public Accounts Committee hearing, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services said essential medical supplies are available at about 83%, with PAC chair Dr Paul Bosawai urging a push toward 90% and long-term near 100%. Primary health care focus: The Health Minister says frontline services—clinics, nurse aide posts and rural health centres—will be treated as the foundation of the health system, with upgrades tied to staffing, medicines and reliable support. HIV support expands: Australia and MHMS are expanding HIV prevention, testing and treatment across all 10 provinces with over SBD$5 million, including workforce support and community awareness. Mental health law update: The Government says it will bring a Mental Health Bill to replace the 1970 Mental Treatment Act, alongside other health legislation. Gender-based violence prevention: Western and Temotu provinces back the EmpowerHER Project, framing gender-based violence as a public health issue needing stronger prevention and support services. Honiara health risks: A call for urgent action on Honiara highlights sanitation, waste, drainage and municipal service failures as public health concerns. Education debate spills into health: Opposition challenges the 2027 free education plan’s readiness and costings, raising knock-on worries for schools and services. Public service absenteeism: Transparency Solomon Islands renews pressure after audit findings that absenteeism wasted about SBD$1 billion, linking weak accountability to poorer service delivery. Community transport for emergencies: Ou’oumatawa (Small Malaita) received a 2-ton CDF-funded tipper truck to improve access for emergency health cases and essential supplies.