Malaria/HIV testing safety: Mozambique’s medicines regulator (ANARME) has suspended sales and use of Meril Diagnostics RDTs for malaria, HIV and HIV/syphilis, plus the HIVFIND home self-test, after WHO/NIH flagged critical quality management failures—pharmacies, facilities and distributors must withdraw and return stock, and users should stop and seek authorised alternatives. Air pollution monitoring: African universities are using AI plus low-cost air sensors to track pollution in near real time; Makerere University’s AirQo is already working with authorities across 24 countries, including Mozambique, to fill major data gaps tied to poor air quality deaths. Reproductive rights funding pressure: New US anti-abortion funding restrictions could reshape reproductive health support across sub-Saharan Africa, where unsafe abortion and maternal deaths remain high and many services rely on foreign aid. Migration and health protection: South Africa’s Inter-Ministerial Committee says it rejects xenophobia and vigilantism and insists repatriation/deportation are the state’s job—while also calling for clearer humanitarian support for vulnerable migrants. Suicide hotspot: WHO data places Mozambique among Southern Africa’s highest suicide rates, underscoring urgent mental health attention. Food safety risk: Reports warn unregistered pesticides entering South Africa from illicit routes (including from Mozambique) can contaminate the food chain, with children at particular risk.