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Health aid pact between US and Zimbabwe collapses - The World from PRX

The World from PRX·@HashtagPLUS·about 1 month ago
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After negotiations around a funding agreement worth more than $360 million collapsed, the United States has said it will wind down health aid to Zimbabwe. Previously, USAID was the US government institution that provided financial assistance to Zimbabwe. However, after that agency was shuttered last year, money provided to the African nation’s government through this bilateral agreement was expected to replace some of the aid that had previously flowed through USAID.  The Zimbabwean government rejected the deal partly because of requirements to share health data, and several other African nations are also reviewing their new aid agreements with the US. To better understand this, The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler spoke with Stephen Morrison, director of the Global Health Policy Center at the Center for Security and International Studies, about this strategy.…

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