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Climate & Care Planning: New global warnings on El Niño’s next two years are pushing a key health gap into focus: care services aren’t being built into National Adaptation Plans and Nationally Determined Contributions, even though extreme heat, drought, flooding, and disease risk hit children, older adults, and people with disabilities hardest. Norovirus Watch (Cruise Health): The CDC says more than 100 people fell ill on the Caribbean Princess (102 passengers, 13 crew) with Princess increasing cleaning, isolating sick passengers, and working with the Vessel Sanitation Program. Belize City Violence: A shooting at Da Buzz Lounge left one woman dead and two employees injured; police say the suspect fled after firing multiple rounds. Second Murder: Later, police reported a second Belize City killing—29-year-old Jamal Samuels—described as possibly linked to gang retaliation. Nurses Week Momentum: Belize’s 71st Nurses Conference highlighted ethics and AI in healthcare, while scholarship applications for 2026 nursing opened and maternal-child services received new ICT support. Regional Health Diplomacy: Taiwan hosted the third medical diplomacy meeting in Taipei, with plans for a Geneva expo on smart medical tech.

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Belize Advances National Eye Health with Launch of WHO SPECS 2030 Initiative
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