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The United States is expanding its soft power health diplomacy in Africa
The United States has expanded its health diplomacy in Africa by adding another country to its multi-million-dollar bilateral health cooperation programme.
📌 The US “America First Global Health Strategy,” adds one more African country to its multi-million dollar bilateral healthcare Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) deal.- The United States has signed a five-year $936 million bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Malawi.
- The agreement aims to fund and support Malawi in addressing HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases and health challenges.
- The MOU also covers maternal and child health, polio, malaria, tuberculosis and global health security, while promoting digital health tools and disease-tracking systems to reach rural populations more effectively.
- Malawi has committed to increase its own health spending by about $143.8 million over the same 5-years period.
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U.S. adds one more African country to its multi-million dollar bilateral health deal
The United States has expanded its health diplomacy in Africa by adding another country to its multi-million-dollar bilateral health cooperation programme
Ohenenana1 Comment-
Soft Power is in full effect:
—U.S. healthcare partnerships is expanding across Africa
Malawi is the latest country to join a rapidly expanding group of African nations signing similar health cooperation agreements with Washington under the new “America First Global Health Strategy”.
—With Malawi now on board, the U.S. continues to widen its healthcare Soft Power footprint across Africa under a model of large-scale healthcare funding.
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