Maternal Health Emergency: UNFPA is urging urgent presidential action after reporting a maternal death crisis in Ghana—one woman dying every three hours (about eight deaths a day)—and says the problem can’t be solved by the health ministry alone because it also depends on roads, reliable electricity, and staffing. Health System Accountability & Ethics: A commentary highlights how imported medicines and weak root-cause care can trap patients in long-term illness, pointing to digestive infections and surgical overuse as examples of how ethics and healthcare sovereignty affect outcomes in West Africa, including Guinea-Bissau. Polio Progress: WHO says Uganda has interrupted transmission of a variant poliovirus detected in 2024 and officially closed the outbreak, noting Guinea-Bissau is among the African countries that have closed polio Type 2 outbreaks this year—an important reminder to keep surveillance and vaccination strong. Health & Community Risk: A Harvard study warns that parts of the West African coast are eroding rapidly (up to 30 feet per year), threatening homes and livelihoods and raising public health risks as communities lose land to the sea. Health-Related Migration Pressure: The US Diversity Visa 2026 data shows Guinea-Bissau among African countries with low Green Card selections (10), while UK student visa funding rules are also tightening for students from West Africa—both can indirectly affect access to care through migration and education pathways.