Zambia signs US$2.49bn US health pact after holding firm on data and minerals
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Zambia and the United States have signed a five-year health financing agreement worth approximately US$2.49 billion in Lusaka. The signing concludes months of negotiations and public disputes surrounding the pact.
The agreement follows hard bargaining in which Zambian negotiators addressed contentious issues regarding data-sharing and mineral rights. Alongside the primary health pact, the parties signed a separate data-sharing memorandum of understanding, resolving earlier domestic concerns about whether the country was trading citizens' medical data and mineral rights for foreign aid.
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Lusaka Times (Lusaka, Zambia) (ZM)Emphasizes national firmness, hard bargaining, and protection of data and minerals.
MyJoyOnline (Accra, Ghana) (GH)Highlights the resolution of public disputes over trading medical data and mineral rights for aid.
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