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Congress approved a measure to mark October 25 annually as Spina Bifida Prevention Day, aiming to raise awareness of a birth defect that affects an estimated 30–40 per 10,000 live births in Honduras and can be prevented with adequate folic acid intake during early pregnancy.

Honduras's Health Ministry trained medical, nursing, pharmacy, and laboratory professionals to identify and act on vaccination opportunities, addressing declining immunization rates driven by vaccine hesitancy, misinformation, and falling clinic attendance since 2017.

The Pan American Health Organization is conducting workshops across Honduras to strengthen pharmacy and logistics personnel's skills in inventory control and proper medicine storage and distribution practices.

Honduras's Medical College continued nationwide informational assemblies on October 21, marking 45 consecutive days of protest over unpaid wages, salary compliance, pending raises, and reinstatement of fired doctors, with the government and Medical College offering conflicting accounts of resolved cases.

The Health Ministry has rolled out a digital vaccination platform that allows citizens to register doses, access digital vaccination cards, and enables real-time monitoring of vaccination coverage nationwide.

Omega Association, which provides palliative care for terminally ill patients, asked Congress's Finance Committee to maintain state budget support it has received since 2017, citing interruptions in 2020 but resumed funding in 2021.

Congresswoman Sara Zavala proposed legislation to strengthen early detection of breast cancer, guarantee comprehensive patient care including free psychological support and reconstruction, and protect women's employment and social rights after diagnosis.

As a 43-day medical services suspension continues, Congress president Tomás Zambrano called for ongoing talks between physicians and the government, warning that Congress could intervene if negotiations fail to resolve the conflict affecting public healthcare access.

Claudia Ramírez, representing Honduras's medical association, responded to Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez's condemnation of the doctors' ongoing strike over unpaid salaries and poor working conditions, urging him and all sectors of society to unite in demanding government reform of the country's health system.

Honduras recorded 1,471 breast cancer diagnoses in 2025 and the first half of 2026, with Francisco Morazán department reporting the highest numbers; health officials emphasize that early detection and prompt treatment can save lives.

Finance Minister Emilio Hércules says budget is available to pay doctors but administrative procedures at state agencies must be completed first to comply with legal requirements.

The president of Honduras's Medical College, Samuel Santos, has asked the Constitutional Court to rule on a legal challenge to a decree and to stop the firing of physicians.

Neurologist Marco Tulio Medina warns that genetic mutations and toxic stress can trigger Alzheimer's in Hondurans as early as age 40, citing a Copán family with a presenilin-1 gene variant.

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez called on striking physicians to halt over 40 days of work stoppages that have suspended routine medical care, arguing that patient health must take priority over salary disputes and that the action violates Christian ethics.

Honduras's Colegio Médico continues work stoppages into a 41-day labor dispute, maintaining 15 demands including wage adjustments, contract signings, and rehiring of dismissed physicians, while public-hospital outpatient services remain suspended and patient backlogs grow.

An anti-corruption group filed a complaint asking Honduras's audit tribunal to investigate whether doctors were paid during the ongoing health-sector strike and whether they met their work obligations, as the walkout nears 40 days and disrupts patient care.

The government began three-month renovations of Fundación Abrigo facilities in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula that provide free lodging to patients and families from rural areas seeking treatment at public hospitals, and donated wheelchairs, crutches, and equipment to support the centers.

The Honduran Hemophilia Society has asked the government to add innovative treatments like emicizumab to the essential-medicines list, saying they would reduce bleeding complications for the country's 371 registered patients with hemophilia and related clotting disorders.

Honduras's agricultural health agency has intensified efforts against the screwworm parasite by training 49,000 farmers and inspecting over 950,000 animals, as the pest has caused nearly 8,000 cases and three deaths since 2024.

Honduras's Special Human Rights Prosecutor has admitted a complaint filed by patient Santos Fúnez against the Medical Association, and will investigate whether the association's informational assemblies violated the constitutional right to health care and complied with Honduran law.

The Health Ministry urged physicians to return to work immediately, stating that 97% of doctors are current on salary payments amid an ongoing labor dispute.

Honduras has not created a comprehensive support plan for people with autism spectrum disorder mandated by presidential decree in 2019, with successive administrations using the autistic community rhetorically while avoiding substantive commitment.

Honduras's hemophilia patients' organization called on the government to establish a robust program for the estimated 371 Hondurans with the genetic bleeding disorder, citing critical shortages of coagulation-factor medicines and urging access to modern therapies like emicizumab.

Honduras's national human-rights ombudsman (Conadeh) has recorded approximately 300 complaints of violations in public health services, citing medication shortages, medical negligence, mistreatment by hospital staff, and lack of diagnostic test supplies.

Honduras has recorded 315 cases of human screwworm infection (myiasis) in 2026, exceeding all of 2025, with three deaths among people over 70; health authorities urge preventive measures including keeping wounds covered and avoiding outdoor sleep near livestock areas.

At a PAHO regional webinar, Honduras Deputy Health Minister Eduardo Midence highlighted the country's progress in reducing preventable maternal deaths through emergency obstetric coordination, adolescent pregnancy prevention, and expanded contraceptive access.

A PAHO technical team met with Honduras's Health Secretariat, the Global Fund, UNAIDS, and civil-society partners this week to identify ways to strengthen HIV diagnosis, information systems, and counseling by integrating services into primary-care networks.

Surveillance teams from all 20 of Honduras's health regions attended a PAHO-supported webinar on epidemiological intelligence, part of a Pandemic Fund-backed project to build a faster, One Health–integrated early-warning system for outbreaks and health emergencies.

Honduras's Medical College challenged Health Ministry assertions that 96% of public-sector doctors have been paid, questioning the source of the government's figures while many physicians remain unpaid for months.

With Honduras's medical system disrupted for 39 days by doctor work actions over unpaid salaries, Deputy Labor Minister Daniel Discua warned the government may pursue legal measures and set Friday as a deadline to resolve pending payments, claiming about 90% of medical staff payroll is current.