Salisbury Health Centre Upgrade: Opposition Leader Jesma Paul-Victor says the Salisbury Health Centre needs a modern, accessible, climate-resilient rebuild to expand primary care, prevention, early diagnosis, chronic disease management, and add maternal/child services, better exam rooms, pharmaceutical storage, disability-friendly access, confidential counselling, and community mental health support. Adolescent Health Webinars: The REACH project launched a new webinar series for young people and the adults who support them, covering mental health, nutrition, stigma reduction, and parent-teen communication, with the first session on Aug. 11 focused on breaking the stigma around mental health. Immunization Support: PAHO/WHO delivered updated Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) manuals to Dominica’s Ministry of Health to strengthen safe, effective immunization services and keep frontline guidance current. NCD Pressure Points: President Sylvanie Burton flagged rising non-communicable disease burdens, citing more than 1,100 hypertension diagnoses from 2020–2025, plus diabetes and cancer cases, and urged prevention as a whole-community priority. Waste Management Concern: A Bellevue Chopin resident is appealing for urgent removal of months-old household garbage on her property, warning of rat attraction and broader sanitation fallout. Population Plan to 100,000 by 2040: Finance Minister Dr. Irving McIntyre says Dominica will launch a National Population Renewal and Global Dominican Engagement Programme to bring back skills and grow the resident population, supporting schools, health services, housing, and businesses. EU Golden Passport Deadline: The EU has set a June 1, 2028 deadline for Dominica and four other Caribbean states to phase out citizenship-by-investment programmes or risk losing Schengen visa-free access.