The United States has signed a health agreement with Ivory Coast, bringing the total value of bilateral deals US President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has done in Africa since withdrawing from the World Health Organisation to more than $16 billion (R264 billion).<\/p>\n
The five-year pact with Ivory Coast is valued at more than $480 million, the US embassy in Ivory Coast said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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Trump has signed health pacts with more than a dozen nations on the continent, including Kenya and Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The moves have raised concerns about data privacy and the risk of weakening global cooperation.<\/p>\n
A Kenyan court temporarily froze the $2.5 billion deal and asked the government not to share medical, epidemiological or sensitive personal health data with the US.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFor Washington, this approach aligns health security with industrial competitiveness,\u201d Ngozi Erondu, associate fellow at Chatham House,\u00a0wrote\u00a0in an article posted on the think tank\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cFor its partners in Africa and elsewhere, however, it risks hardening patterns of structural dependency precisely when they want to improve their own manufacturing and regulatory capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The US Department of State has said the America First Global Health Strategy will save millions of lives. In Nigeria, the pact will help to provide access to medicines and healthcare to combat HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. As part of the deal, the West African nation will spend $3 billion, according to a State Department statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in a new generation of our assistance,\u201d Jessica Davis Ba, US ambassador to Ivory Coast, said at the briefing. \u201cWe are working together with C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire on HIV\/Aids, malaria issues and global health.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ivory Coast will contribute 163 billion CFA franc ($292 million), accounting for 60% of the funds by 2030, Prime Minister Beugr\u00e9 Mamb\u00e9 said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThese agreements would give the US undue leverage over your governments, including to decrease or cancel health assistance for perceived noncompliance,\u201d 50 civil rights organisations said in a\u00a0letter\u00a0to African leaders earlier this month.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese terms also raise serious potential human rights violations.\u201d<\/p>\n
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