Malaria Elimination in the Guiana Shield: Suriname hosted a high-level subregional meeting with Brazil, French Guiana, and Guyana to renew commitments to accelerate malaria elimination, with PAHO leadership stressing action for mining communities, Indigenous groups, and remote border areas. Chikungunya Update: Suriname’s Public Health Bureau says chikungunya is no longer in the epidemic phase, though cases still circulate—especially in Paramaribo and Brokopondo—urging residents to keep preventing mosquito breeding. Medicines Quality & Lab Testing: PAHO, CARPHA, and USP ran a regional webinar to strengthen medicines quality assurance and laboratory testing capacity, with participation from Suriname and other Caribbean countries. Tropical Medicine Training: Saint James School of Medicine’s Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Public Health was recognized by ASTMH as an approved diploma course, including a Suriname practicum focused on tropical diagnostics. Diabetes & Diet Drinks: New research links higher intake of non-sugar-sweetened beverages with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, including among younger adults and non-Dutch origin groups—relevant for Suriname’s public health nutrition conversations.