Malawi ink five-year USD936M health deal with the US to fight HIV/AIDS

(MENAFN) Malawi has signed a five-year, $936 million bilateral health cooperation agreement with the United States to tackle major public health challenges, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. The deal, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the America First Global Health Strategy, seeks to strengthen Malawi’s national health system while
also “protecting the United States from global infectious disease threats.”

State Department spokesman Tommy Pigot said that, pending congressional approval, the US plans to provide nearly $300 million over the next five years to support Malawi’s efforts against these diseases and other infectious threats. In addition, Malawi will increase its annual health spending by $143.8 million throughout the MoU period.

Madalitso Baloyi, Malawi’s Minister of Health and Sanitation, stated that the agreement will bolster the country’s capacity to fight infectious diseases at a time when US aid cuts have strained the health sector. “Since the US aid cut about a year ago, we have struggled to fund certain initiatives in the health sector. This bilateral agreement, therefore, is going to ease most of our health challenges,” Baloyi explained.

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