Preventative care push: The Barbados Association of Retired Persons is partnering with Urgent Care Barbados and Beacon Insurance to expand preventative healthcare for people aged 40+—aiming for earlier detection and lower costs. Transplant reform: The Human Tissue Transplant Bill 2026 is gaining bipartisan Senate support, with lawmakers calling it a major step for kidney disease patients and stronger donor safeguards. Organ and kidney system modernisation: Barbados is also moving closer to a legal framework for organ and tissue donation, with plans to boost dialysis access for patients needing treatment more than twice weekly. Medical regulation upgrade: Parliament has passed the Barbados Medical Products Authority (BMPA) Bill, supported by PAHO, to strengthen oversight of medicines, vaccines, devices and other health technologies. Prostate cancer awareness: The CEMIX Prostate Cancer Walk and Run drew growing interest, especially among younger men, as organisers renewed calls for earlier testing. Inclusion and disability access: A Barbados Boy Scouts inclusive training programme urged leaders to move beyond managing physical limitations toward real everyday social inclusion. Disaster response support: Barbados’ BDF teams are deployed in earthquake-affected Venezuela to set up a field medical hospital and provide search-and-rescue help.