The United States has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tanzania to invest more than $1.3 billion in its health sector over the next five years. This agreement is part of the US’s “America First Global Health Strategy”, designed to make poorer nations more self-reliant as the US has dismantled foreign aid programmes.
Details of the Pact
The pact says that in return for more than $1.3 billion in investment, Tanzania has committed to investing $1.8 billion in the health sector over the same period, according to a statement from the US embassy in Tanzania. This joint investment reflects both countries’ commitment to preventing the spread of infectious diseases, and strengthening Tanzania’s capacity to finance, manage, and self-sustain essential health services.
Tanzanian Health Minister Mohamed Mchengerwa said the agreement did not include the sharing of laboratory samples with the US. “We did not enter into a specimen-sharing agreement,” Mchengerwa said during the signing ceremony. “Tanzania’s specimens including those of outbreak, epidemic and pandemics potential will be tested, stored and governed here in Tanzania,” he said.
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