Uganda to receive $1.7 billion of US funding under new health deal

Uganda and the United States have signed a $2.3 billion bilateral health cooperation agreement, the two countries announced on Wednesday.

The plan is part of the Trump administration’s “America First Global Health Strategy,” which calls for poorer nations to eventually transition from aid to self-reliance in the fight against infectious diseases.

Under this Memorandum of Understanding, Uganda will receive up to $1.7 billion of US…