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U.S. announces $1.6 billion health partnership with Kenya; Kenya pledges its own funding
Summary
Officials at a State Department signing said the U.S. will provide $1.6 billion in health assistance to Kenya over five years under a new "America First Global Health Strategy," while Kenyan representatives pledged $850 million and mobilizing $3 billion in domestic resources and highlighted a 107,000-strong community health promoter workforce.
U.S. and Kenyan officials at a signing event at the State Department announced a new health partnership on behalf of the United States and Kenya, with the U.S. committing $1.6 billion in health assistance over five years and Kenya pledging sizable domestic contributions.
The U.S. speaker said the administration intends to shift away from channeling most aid through international nongovernmental organizations and toward direct partnerships that strengthen host-country health systems. "If you want to help a country, work with that country, not work with a third party that imposes things on that country," the U.S. speaker said, framing the new approach as a move to reduce overhead and increase local control.
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