Zimbabwe has rejected a R5.8 billion US health funding agreement, a decision that could impact HIV programmes.
Zimbabwe has turned down a proposed United States health funding agreement worth $367 million (R5.8 billion) over five years.
Details of the decision emerged after a government memo from December was leaked.
The document revealed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa viewed the proposed deal as “lopsided” and not in Zimbabwe’s long-term interests.
This reportedly led to concerns over sovereignty, data control and unequal benefit-sharing.
What the US was offering to Zimbabwe
According to the US embassy, the funding would have supported HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal and child health, and disease outbreak preparedness.
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont said the partnership could have delivered “extraordinary benefits” to Zimbabwean.
The partnership could have benefited particularly the 1.2 million people currently receiving HIV treatment.
The embassy also noted that Washington has provided more than $1.9 billion in health assistance to Zimbabwe over the past two decades.
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