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Zimbabwe imekataa msaada wa afya wa Dola za Marekani milioni 367 kutoka Washington. Serikali ya Rais Emmerson Mnangagwa ilisema kuwa kifurushi hicho kinaweza kupunguza uhuru wa taifa na kudhibiti rasilimali zake.
Kifurushi hiki kingekuwa uwekezaji mkubwa zaidi wa afya kutoka nje nchini Zimbabwe katika miaka ya hivi karibuni, lakini sasa hakitakuwapo.
Balozi wa Marekani nchini Zimbabwe, Pamela Tremont, alithibitisha kwamba mazungumzo yameshindikana. Serikali ya Zimbabwe imewaambia Wamarekani kuwa wataendelea kupambana na magonjwa kama HIV, TB na malaria bila msaada huo.
Vyombo vya habari vya hapa nchini vinaarifu kuwa amri ya kukataa msaada huu ilitolewa na Rais Mnangagwa.
Moja ya sababu za kutokubali ilikuwa ni kwamba Marekani ingepata ufikiaji wa taarifa muhimu za afya za taifa, ikiwemo sampuli za viini vya magonjwa na takwimu za wagonjwa, kwa kubadilishana na msaada wa Dola milioni 367.
Katibu wa Habari, Nick Mangwana, alisema kuwa ushirikiano lazima ujengewe kwa heshima ya pande zote, uwazi na manufaa ya pande zote. Mpango huu wa Marekani haukufika kwenye vigezo hivyo.
Serikali ya Zimbabwe pia ilikataa masharti mengine, kama kutoa ufikiaji wa rasilimali muhimu za madini, kwa sababu hayo yangempa Marekani udhibiti wa sehemu muhimu kwa uchumi wa taifa kwa muda mrefu.
Wakati Zimbabwe inakataa msaada huu, nchi nyingine nyingi za Afrika zimekubali, ikiwemo Nigeria na Kenya. Kenya sasa imeyusimamisha makubaliano yake kwa sababu ya kesi ya korti kuhusu kutoa taarifa za afya nyeti kwa Marekani.
Kwa ujumla, Marekani imesema nchi 16 za Afrika zimeingia makubaliano kama haya ya afya chini ya mkakati wa Trump wa “America First Global Health,” ukiingiza takriban Dola bilioni 18.3 kusaidia kupambana na magonjwa.
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Zimbabwe has turned down a $367-million health funding package from Washington, with the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa expressing concerns over its impact on sovereignty and national control.
That package, which could have been the single largest health investment by any international partner in Zimbabwe in recent years, is now off the table.
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont also confirmed that negotiations had collapsed, saying Zimbabwean authorities have assured the US that they are prepared to continue the fight against diseases such as HIV, TB and malaria independently.
Local media in Zimbabwe report that the rejection of the controversial US initiative was ordered by President Mnangagwa.
One of the contentious points in the deal is about giving the US access to Zimbabwe’s national health data, including pathogen samples and epidemiological information from Zimbabweans, in exchange for the $367-million funding package.
Zimbabwe’s Herald newspaper quoted Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Nick Mangwana as saying partnership “must be built on a foundation of mutual respect, transparency, and reciprocal benefit” and that the proposed deal with the US did not meet this “fundamental criteria”.
Source: TRT Afrika
Kifurushi hiki kingekuwa uwekezaji mkubwa zaidi wa afya kutoka nje nchini Zimbabwe katika miaka ya hivi karibuni, lakini sasa hakitakuwapo.
Balozi wa Marekani nchini Zimbabwe, Pamela Tremont, alithibitisha kwamba mazungumzo yameshindikana. Serikali ya Zimbabwe imewaambia Wamarekani kuwa wataendelea kupambana na magonjwa kama HIV, TB na malaria bila msaada huo.
Vyombo vya habari vya hapa nchini vinaarifu kuwa amri ya kukataa msaada huu ilitolewa na Rais Mnangagwa.
Moja ya sababu za kutokubali ilikuwa ni kwamba Marekani ingepata ufikiaji wa taarifa muhimu za afya za taifa, ikiwemo sampuli za viini vya magonjwa na takwimu za wagonjwa, kwa kubadilishana na msaada wa Dola milioni 367.
Katibu wa Habari, Nick Mangwana, alisema kuwa ushirikiano lazima ujengewe kwa heshima ya pande zote, uwazi na manufaa ya pande zote. Mpango huu wa Marekani haukufika kwenye vigezo hivyo.
Serikali ya Zimbabwe pia ilikataa masharti mengine, kama kutoa ufikiaji wa rasilimali muhimu za madini, kwa sababu hayo yangempa Marekani udhibiti wa sehemu muhimu kwa uchumi wa taifa kwa muda mrefu.
Wakati Zimbabwe inakataa msaada huu, nchi nyingine nyingi za Afrika zimekubali, ikiwemo Nigeria na Kenya. Kenya sasa imeyusimamisha makubaliano yake kwa sababu ya kesi ya korti kuhusu kutoa taarifa za afya nyeti kwa Marekani.
Kwa ujumla, Marekani imesema nchi 16 za Afrika zimeingia makubaliano kama haya ya afya chini ya mkakati wa Trump wa “America First Global Health,” ukiingiza takriban Dola bilioni 18.3 kusaidia kupambana na magonjwa.
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Zimbabwe has turned down a $367-million health funding package from Washington, with the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa expressing concerns over its impact on sovereignty and national control.
That package, which could have been the single largest health investment by any international partner in Zimbabwe in recent years, is now off the table.
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont also confirmed that negotiations had collapsed, saying Zimbabwean authorities have assured the US that they are prepared to continue the fight against diseases such as HIV, TB and malaria independently.
Local media in Zimbabwe report that the rejection of the controversial US initiative was ordered by President Mnangagwa.
One of the contentious points in the deal is about giving the US access to Zimbabwe’s national health data, including pathogen samples and epidemiological information from Zimbabweans, in exchange for the $367-million funding package.
Zimbabwe’s Herald newspaper quoted Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Nick Mangwana as saying partnership “must be built on a foundation of mutual respect, transparency, and reciprocal benefit” and that the proposed deal with the US did not meet this “fundamental criteria”.
Source: TRT Afrika