Health Policy Watch news story
Over December, the United States signed bilateral health co-operation agreements with 14 African countries, setting out the parameters for aid in exchange for speedy information about new disease outbreaks – and, in some instances, clinched alongside trade deals profitable to US companies.
The fourteen countries, in order of when the agreements were signed, are: Kenya, Rwanda, Liberia, Uganda, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Cameroon, Nigeria, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Botswana, Ethiopia and Cote d’Ivoire.
Grant agreements still need to be crafted from the memorandums of understanding, which are characterised by vague disease targets and tight pathogen-sharing terms.
Notable absences are South Africa, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo – all with high disease burdens that previously received significant grants from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
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Source : Health Policy Watch
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