US Signs $1.3bn Health Deal With Tanzania
Last update: July 2, 2026
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America is putting $1.3 billion into Tanzania’s health sector. But similar US deals have already hit roadblocks across Africa.
The United States has inked a memorandum of understanding with Tanzania to invest more than $1.3 billion in its health sector over the next five years. It’s the latest in a string of deals that have sparked controversy in some African countries, cbinews.tv reports.
The agreement was signed late on Wednesday. It mirrors deals already struck with Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda under US President Donald Trump’s “America First Global Health Strategy”. The idea is to make poorer nations more self reliant as the US scales back traditional foreign aid programmes.
Under the pact, Tanzania has agreed to put up $1.8 billion of its own money for health over the same period, according to a statement from the US embassy in Tanzania.
"This joint investment reflects both countries' commitment to preventing the spread of infectious diseases, and strengthening Tanzania’s capacity to finance, manage, and self-sustain essential health services," the statement said.
Still, these agreements haven’t been smooth sailing everywhere. Some countries have pushed back over conditions tied to the deals, including access to minerals and the sharing of personal health data and biomaterials.
Zambia rejected demands that its deal be linked to US access to Zambian minerals. And in Kenya, a court in December suspended part of its agreement until it hears a data privacy case filed by a consumer protection group.
Tanzania appears to be drawing a line. Health Minister Mohamed Mchengerwa made it clear that this deal does not cover the sharing of laboratory samples with the US.
"We did not enter into a specimen-sharing agreement," Mchengerwa said during the signing ceremony, according to a video on the health ministry's Instagram account.
"Tanzania's specimens including those of outbreak, epidemic and pandemics potential will be tested, stored and governed here in Tanzania," he added.
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