Breastfeeding Push: Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Health, a children’s guardianship charity, and UNICEF launched a national campaign urging exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, after rates fell from 56.5% (2019) to 35.5% (2024); the effort runs May–August with TV/social videos, counseling support, and workplace-friendly measures for mothers. Health Planning With Data: UNICEF and Turkmen government partners held consultations on using public finance data to better plan and monitor child-focused spending, flagging early childhood development, preschool, social protection, and primary health care as key areas for possible pilots. School Device Rules: New education rules regulate mobile phone use in schools—aiming to support learning while warning about potential health harm from small screens and requiring “silent/flight” settings and limits on recording students/staff. Summer Safety for Kids: In Gokdere, the “Beýik Serdar nesilleri” children’s health center hosted a fire-applied sports competition for young firefighters, with teams from local health resorts competing across obstacle, hose-connection, relay, target, and simulated fire stages. Tourism With a Wellness Angle: The Avaza national tourist zone in Turkmenistan expanded summer services, including a daily Ashgabat–Avaza bus route and resort facilities like saunas and sea-water heated pools. Regional Aid Logistics: WFP described how emergency school food reached Afghan children via a long rerouted corridor that included Turkmenistan’s Torghundi border crossing, after border closures disrupted the original plan.