Mental Health Focus: South Africa’s Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi opened a three-day WHO-backed East and Southern Africa mental health workshop in Johannesburg, bringing together countries including Comoros to share progress and develop rapid mental health landscape analyses ahead of the 7th Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit in Kigali. Disease Watch: New research warns chikungunya could expand into cooler temperate regions by 2100 as climate change grows suitable conditions for Aedes mosquitoes, with 2026 already seeing tens of thousands of symptomatic cases globally. Regional Health & Care Links: Tanzania’s diplomacy push highlights growing medical tourism after President Hassan’s July 2025 visit to Comoros, when Tanzanian specialists supported Anjouan outreach—treating thousands locally and referring more for specialised care in Tanzania. Medical Tourism Plans: Benjamin Mkapa Hospital in Dodoma is mapping a 10-year strategy to become a medical tourism hub, including a medical tourism zone at the University of Dodoma and a fund to support bone marrow transplants for children with sickle cell disease plus kidney transplant services for needy patients.