Breastfeeding Support in Ashgabat: A national roundtable in Ashgabat, organized by UNICEF and the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Charitable Foundation, focused on strengthening exclusive breastfeeding support for the first six months. Speakers stressed that mothers need skilled, practical guidance and a supportive environment, and proposed peer-to-peer counseling led by trained local mothers, with systematic training by nurses and lactation specialists. National Maternal-Child Health Plan: Turkmenistan also moved ahead with its new “Healthy Mother – Healthy Child – Healthy Future” program for 2026–2030, backed by a phased implementation plan and a roadmap process led with UNFPA, aiming to improve reproductive healthcare, maternal and child services, disease prevention, and early diagnosis. Heat-Health Warning: WHO urged Turkmenistan to prepare for more frequent, longer heatwaves, warning that extreme heat can worsen heart, lung, kidney and mental health, and raise risks in pregnancy; it recommended heat-health action plans, early warnings, facility readiness, hydration, and checking on vulnerable people. Digital Health Cooperation: Turkmenistan took part in a CAREC Digital Corridor consultative meeting in Islamabad, highlighting plans to modernize telecom infrastructure and expand digital government services, including in healthcare. Child Health in Avaza: In Avaza, children’s health and recreation centers are running summer programs with “healthy and nutritious meals,” sports and learning activities, and large group sessions for kids from across the country.