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Kenya Signs Landmark Health Deal With US Despite Data Fears
Jide Oyekunle, Abuja
Kenya has signed a historic five-year health agreement with the US, the first such pact since Donald Trump’s administration overhauled its foreign aid programme.
The $2.5bn (£1.9bn) deal is aimed at combating infectious diseases such asHIV/Aids, malaria, and tuberculosis, maternal care, polio eradication and infectious disease outbreak response and preparedness in Kenya, with similar agreements expected to be rolled out in other African countries aligned with Trump’s broader foreign policy goals.
The government-to-government deal aims to boost transparency and accountability but has raised fears it could give the US real-time access to critical health databases, including sensitive patient information.
Kenya’s Health Minister Aden Duale sought to allay such fears, saying “only de-identified, aggregated data” would be shared.
On his first day in office in January, Trump announced a freeze on foreign aid as part of a government...
He Ruined Our Five-Year Relationship Because Of Somebody’s Girlfriend
At the end of December 2024, I discovered the most heartbreaking news about my supposed boyfriend. In hindsight, I should have listened to my gut. There were signs that he was up to something shady, but I was dealing with a lot around that time. I was battling some health issues, so I was always in and out of the hospital. I had also just lost my best friend. With my grieving heart and my ailing body, I didn’t have the mental energy to process the little things that didn’t add up in my boyfriend’s life.It was even harder to monitor him because he lives in Ghana while I live overseas. Of course, all our conversations happened over the phone. Despite all the barriers between us, I still caught hints that he was entertaining another...
