"The US wants countries to agree to hand over information on bugs that could cause large-scale disease outbreaks in return for restoring aid to tackle health problems such as HIV and malaria, according to government documents. The Trump administration is seeking new bilateral aid agreements with dozens of countries, after an abrupt withdrawal from existing arrangements at the start of this year. The agreements form part of a new America First Global Health Strategy announced in September."
"A draft template seen by the Guardian, to be used for memorandums of understanding with partner countries, offers funding to tackle diseases such as malaria, TB, HIV and polio, as well as for activities such as surveillance, and laboratory systems and electronic health records. It suggests that countries will be expected to gradually take over funding these areas themselves over the course of the five-year agreements."
The US seeks to make countries hand over information on pathogens that could cause large-scale outbreaks in return for restoring aid for HIV, malaria and other diseases. The Trump administration is pursuing new bilateral aid agreements with dozens of countries after abruptly withdrawing from existing arrangements earlier this year under an America First Global Health Strategy. A draft memorandum template offers funding for malaria, TB, HIV, polio, surveillance, laboratory systems and electronic health records and expects partner countries to gradually take over funding in five-year agreements. The template requires sharing biological specimens and pathogen genetic sequences with the US within days of identification and envisages a separate 25-year specimen-sharing commitment still being drafted, a move that risks undermining efforts to finalize a pandemic agreement and to ensure fair access to vaccines, treatments and diagnostics.
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