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U.S. and Kenya sign first "America First" global health framework, pledging $1.6 billion over five years
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U.S. and Kenyan officials signed the first agreement under the "America First" global health strategy, with U.S. officials pledging $1.6 billion in assistance over five years and Kenyan representatives saying Kenya will contribute about $850 million and mobilize domestic resources.
Unidentified Speaker 1, a State Department official, announced the United States and Kenya have signed the first agreement under the "America First" global health strategy, with the U.S. pledging $1,600,000,000 in assistance over five years and Kenya contributing roughly $850,000,000 to the partnership.
"We are not going to spend billions of dollars funding the NGO industrial complex," Unidentified Speaker 1 said, criticizing prior aid models that channeled funds through U.S.-based non-governmental organizations and arguing the new approach will work more directly with…
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