Suriname–PAHO Health Roadmap: Suriname and the Pan American Health Organization signed the Country Cooperation Strategy 2026–2030, aiming to strengthen the health system and improve well-being, with Minister André Misiekaba and PAHO Director Jarbas Barbosa da Silva highlighting the need to turn priorities into measurable action. Regional Lab Preparedness: CARPHA wrapped up its 11th CariPHLN workshop in Bridgetown, bringing together lab directors from across the Caribbean (including Suriname) to boost laboratory networking, surveillance, diagnostics, and coordinated public health response. Mental Health & Suicide Prevention: On World Suicide Prevention Day, CARICOM partners stressed that suicide remains a major public health concern in the Americas, citing high age-standardised suicide mortality rates for Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago and calling for action beyond the health sector. Traditional Medicine Collaboration: Indigenous healers and knowledge holders from Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil launched a Regional Traditional Knowledge and Healers Network at Iwokrama, focusing on ethical protocols and advocating respectful recognition and possible integration of Indigenous medicinal knowledge into national health systems. Medical Training for More Doctors: Venezuela’s President Delcy Rodríguez urged medical schools to accommodate more graduates, pointing to cooperation with Suriname through the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) to train more doctors for Caribbean and regional needs.