Marekani imetangaza kuwa itachangia zaidi ya dola bilioni 1.6 katika kuboresha mfumo wa afya wa Kenya kupitia makubaliano mapya ya utekelezaji wa miaka mitano yaliyosainiwa siku ya Alhamisi.
Hii ni mara ya kwanza kwa makubaliano ya aina hii kufikiwa tangu utawala wa Trump uanzishe mageuzi yake mapya ya misaada ya kimataifa.
Mnamo Septemba, utawala huo ulizindua mkakati mpya uitwao America First Global Health Strategy unaolenga kuyaweka mataifa yenye kipato cha chini katika nafasi ya kuchukua jukumu kubwa zaidi katika kupambana na magonjwa kama VVU/UKIMWI malaria kifua kikuu na polio.
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The U.S. will provide more than $1.6 billion to Kenya's health system under a new five-year agreement signed on Thursday, the first such agreement reached under the Trump administration's overhaul of foreign aid.
The administration in September announced a new "America First Global Health Strategy" that calls for poorer nations to play a bigger role in fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and polio in their countries and eventually transition from aid to self-reliance.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kenyan President William Ruto signed an agreement on the bilateral compact in which Kenya pledged to increase its own health spending by $850 million over the five years. Other African countries are expected to sign similar deals in the coming days, U.S. officials said.
The new U.S. model for global health follows the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development earlier this year.
The U.S. provided $440 million to health and population programs in Kenya in 2024, the year before the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid, according to government foreign assistance data, the majority of it - $310 million – going to tackle HIV/AIDS.
Source: Reuters
Hii ni mara ya kwanza kwa makubaliano ya aina hii kufikiwa tangu utawala wa Trump uanzishe mageuzi yake mapya ya misaada ya kimataifa.
Mnamo Septemba, utawala huo ulizindua mkakati mpya uitwao America First Global Health Strategy unaolenga kuyaweka mataifa yenye kipato cha chini katika nafasi ya kuchukua jukumu kubwa zaidi katika kupambana na magonjwa kama VVU/UKIMWI malaria kifua kikuu na polio.
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The U.S. will provide more than $1.6 billion to Kenya's health system under a new five-year agreement signed on Thursday, the first such agreement reached under the Trump administration's overhaul of foreign aid.
The administration in September announced a new "America First Global Health Strategy" that calls for poorer nations to play a bigger role in fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and polio in their countries and eventually transition from aid to self-reliance.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kenyan President William Ruto signed an agreement on the bilateral compact in which Kenya pledged to increase its own health spending by $850 million over the five years. Other African countries are expected to sign similar deals in the coming days, U.S. officials said.
The new U.S. model for global health follows the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development earlier this year.
The U.S. provided $440 million to health and population programs in Kenya in 2024, the year before the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid, according to government foreign assistance data, the majority of it - $310 million – going to tackle HIV/AIDS.
Source: Reuters
