AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoEl Niño Health Watch (Peru): A new report warns Humboldt penguins at Peru’s Punta San Juan are collapsing—down from about 3,000 in 2012 to fewer than 500 by 2025—after avian flu and food disruption from El Niño, with NOAA now flagging a very strong El Niño risk that could also strain food and health systems. Mercury Exposure (Amazon): Wake Forest and CINCIA researchers briefed Pope Leo XIV on how gold-mining mercury spreads through ecosystems and reaches vulnerable Indigenous communities, linking environmental contamination to human health risks. Public Health Policy (Peru): SENASA suspended glyphosate and other pesticides in plant foods, a move that could affect food safety and agricultural practices. Health Access & Trade (EU–Malaysia, relevant to Peru’s medicine debate): A coalition urges the EU not to push “TRIPS-plus” rules that could raise medicine prices and weaken generic access—an issue that resonates across the region’s affordability fights. Regional Health Governance: Trinidad and Tobago was elected to PAHO’s Executive Committee, with Peru listed among members—highlighting continued focus on regional health priorities.
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