Prison Health & Rights: The UN Human Rights Office is urging Sri Lanka to launch a prompt, independent, transparent probe into the deadly Negombo Prison violence and alleged torture, highlighting overcrowding, prolonged pre-trial detention and poor conditions; it also calls for the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka to have unrestricted access to Negombo and other prisons where transferred inmates were held. Dengue Response: Colombo’s dengue surge is pushing calls for urgent city-wide action, including environmental cleanup around Beira Lake and warnings that the next two weeks in the Western Province could be critical as hospitals face capacity strain. Public Healthcare Funding: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says the 2027 Budget will strengthen public healthcare—especially primary care via “Arogya Suwa Seva Centres”—and expand technology in state hospitals to reduce reliance on costly private treatment. Water & Kidney Disease: New and restarted drinking-water projects (including Thambuttegama and Anuradhapura North phases) are being framed as long-term steps to improve safe water and tackle chronic kidney disease of unknown origin. Sexual Health Screening: A mobile blood testing programme in Colombo and Gampaha is offering voluntary screening for HIV, Hepatitis B and other STDs with counselling and referral for treatment. Tobacco Prevention: SLMA and a tobacco expert group have urged a “Tobacco-Free Generation” policy to ban tobacco sales to people born after 2010.