Africa
US Agrees on $1.7 Billion Health Funding Package With Uganda
Records during a nutrition screening at a health center in Karamoja region, Uganda.
Photographer: Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty ImagesThe 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.