Medicine safety in Central Africa: A UN/WHO/UNODC report warns that medicine trafficking is a major public health threat across CEMAC, driven by gaps in access to safe, affordable drugs; between 2020 and 2025, authorities seized at least 251 tonnes across Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, including counterfeit and substandard antibiotics, anti-malarials, painkillers and psychoactive medicines like tramadol and pregabalin—fueling treatment failures, poisonings and avoidable deaths. Health security concern: Russia’s Irkutsk anti-plague lab death of a 28-year-old employee has sparked conflicting official accounts and large-scale contact monitoring/quarantine, prompting calls for outside scrutiny. Gabon health-adjacent public interest: Gabon’s Abanda caves footage shows the world’s smallest dwarf crocodiles hunting bats in total darkness for the first time, highlighting the need to protect vulnerable cave populations. Aging and care in Gabon: Libreville held Gabon’s first National Day for Retirees and Older Persons, pushing aging into social policy with a focus on dignity and better protection, including healthcare access and support.