A New Health Agreement Will Provide Uganda With $1.7 Billion in US Cash

The United States and Uganda announced on Wednesday that they had inked a $2.3 billion bilateral health cooperation pact. The idea is a component of the Trump administration’s “America First Global Health Strategy,” which advocates for developing countries to eventually switch from receiving funding to fighting infectious diseases on their own.

Uganda would receive up to $1.7 billion in US support for its health sector over the next five years as part of this Memorandum of Understanding. Priority health programs in Uganda on HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria, among other health challenges, will be supported by US funding. Additionally, the US will make investments in disease surveillance and human resources.

According to a joint statement from the two countries, Uganda’s government will increase its health spending by nearly $500 million over that period, “to gradually assume greater financial responsibility over the course of the framework.

The framework’s goal is to assist Uganda in creating “a resilient health system that prevents the spread of emerging and existing infectious diseases globally.” After cutting its foreign aid budget and closing USAID, Uganda is the most recent African nation to reach an agreement with the Trump administration.

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