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Zambia signed a $1.5 billion health financing agreement with the United States after resolving a dispute over data privacy concerns. The deal was worth $2.49 billion according to Washington, with Zambia committing $975 million in new funding. Key to this agreement is that it excludes clauses requiring the sharing of biological specimens and restricts patient data sharing to monitoring US-funded programs only. This arrangement sets Zambia apart from other African countries that have resisted similar provisions under the Trump administration’s America First Global Health Strategy.
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On Thursday, the U.S. government signed a $2.49 billion health financing deal with Zambia, after resolving disputes over specimen-sharing and data clauses that previously stalled the agreement. The pact aims to support Zambia’s healthcare sector, with the U.S. contributing $1.52 billion and Zambia investing $975 million into its health system over five years. This deal is part of the Trump administration's "America First Global Health Strategy," which seeks to encourage African nations to increase domestic spending on health services while reducing reliance on U.S. aid. The Zambian government emphasized that no clauses related to the country’s mineral resources, particularly copper, would be included in this agreement and will instead be negotiated separately. Zambia's Minister of Health Roma Chilengi confirmed that privacy concerns over specimen sharing had been addressed, ensuring that such provisions were removed from the final pact.
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Zambia signed a $1.5 billion health financing agreement with the US after separating it from a critical minerals deal that is still being negotiated.
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that → sign → deal
The health pact had been jeopardized by privacy concerns over sharing citizens’ data.
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pact → jeopardize → data
Zambia is among several African countries that have signed bilateral health deals under the Trump administration’s America First Global Health Strategy, but Africa’s second largest copper producer stands out for having publicly resisted key provisions and winning changes.
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producer → sign → changes
Foreign Minister Mulambo Haimbe said at the signing ceremony that the two memorandums of understanding “needed to be decoupled and this has been done.”
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this → say → understanding
Washington said the deal was worth $2.49 billion, with Zambia committing $975 million in “new funding” and the US putting up $1.5 billion.
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US → say → billion
Global aid tumbled at its steepest rate on record last year as the US cut its budget by 57% when it dismantled the USAID model of unconditional funding, which researchers say has had an impact on health programs.
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researchers → tumble → programs
A Lancet Global Health study published this week found that HIV testing dropped by more than 60% at four providers in Uganda and Zimbabwe, while treatment, which Washington had promised to protect, fell by about one third.
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Washington → publish → third
“The safety net that was supposed to preserve life-saving treatment did not hold,” lead author Henry Cust said.
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Cust → suppose → treatment
President Hakainde Hichilema, who secured a second five-year term in August, held out for months against the US demands requiring it to hand over biological specimens and patient data in exchange for the funding.
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who → secure → funding
The deal strips out the specimen clause and restricts data sharing to monitoring and evaluation of US-funded programmes.
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deal → strip → programmes
“The government will not be sharing any specimens with the United States,” Health Minister Roma Chilengi said.
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Chilengi → share → States
Zambia joins 35 countries, including several in Africa, which have signed the Trump administration’s America First Global Health Strategy that replaces the old USAID and PEPFAR system.
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that → join → system
Kenya was among the first to agree, but its courts suspended the deal last December, first due to the data clauses and then because of privacy issues and a lack of parliamentary approval.
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courts → agree → approval
Ghana and Namibia refused to sign up over concerns about data and specimens, while Zimbabwe lost all US health aid last month.
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Zimbabwe → refuse → aid
Notable
- Think Global Health, published by New York-based foreign policy think tank Council on Foreign Relations, found total health spending falls in most deals as the US steps back, by about 14% by 2030 in eight countries, including Mozambique, Lesotho, and Eswatini.
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US → publish → Mozambique
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