Mpox Surveillance Boost in Angola: Angola has intensified surveillance in Cabinda after persistent Mpox activity, with the health minister visiting to review response efforts. Authorities report 198 confirmed and 274 suspected cases (Apr 30–Aug 11), plan selective vaccination focused on contacts and higher-risk groups once doses arrive, and will keep a national rapid response team in place for contact tracing, surveillance, and community mobilization, including tighter information-sharing with the DRC. Chronic Disease Training Across Southern Africa: A World Bank-backed regional programme in Dar es Salaam trained health professionals from nine countries to strengthen mentors for frontline epidemiologists, integrating non-communicable disease monitoring into existing field epidemiology training to catch warning signs earlier. Food Poisoning History Reminder (Angola, 1959): A retrospective story recalls how an unrefrigerated company picnic in Angola in 1959 sickened about 800 people, overwhelming hospitals and prompting food sample testing—an old lesson that still matters for food safety. SADC Industrialisation Push: SADC leaders backed a regional tourism visa and a broader industrialisation agenda centered on infrastructure, agriculture, and critical minerals—moves that can indirectly support health through jobs and services.