Zambia signs US health deal after disputes over data-sharing
Civil society groups had criticised a leaked draft they said allowed too much data sharing, while activists seized on reports that health money was being linked to preferential access for US companies to minerals, which the then-US ambassador denied.
A draft leaked earlier this year prompted civil society groups to warn that Zambia was accepting wider data-sharing terms than other African countries, including long-term access to pathogen information and specimens.
Under the memorandum of understanding, signed in Lusaka on Thursday along with a data-sharing deal, the US will provide about $1.
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