US Agrees on $1.7 Billion Health Funding Package With Uganda

The US and Uganda have agreed on a $1.7 billion health financing, part of a program that seeks to wean African nations off aid.

The funds forms part of the US State Department’s longer-term America First Global Health Strategy, which promotes the procurement and distribution of goods from US companies in the administration’s foreign assistance programs.

The East African nation also pledged to increase its own budget spending on health care by $500 million during the five-year program, according to a joint statement by the two nations.

The agreement, similar to one with Kenya, covers data projects tracking key diseases ...