Zimbabwe rejects 'lopsided' US health aid deal over data concerns

"We will now turn to the difficult and regrettable task of winding down our health assistance in Zimbabwe."

— Pamela Tremont , Executive

"Zimbabwe was being asked to share its biological resources and data over an extended period, with no corresponding guarantee of access to any medical innovations."

— Nick Mangwana , Politician

"The U.S. proposal was tied to 'comprehensive access to Zimbabwe’s sensitive health data, including virus samples and epidemiological information from our citizens.'"

— Nick Mangwana , Politician

"We will now turn to the difficult and regrettable task of winding down our health assistance in Zimbabwe."

— Pamela Tremont , Executive

"These terms are vastly worse than other deals. [The US] is conditioning life-saving health services on plundering the mineral wealth of the country."

— Asia Russell , Activist

"If the HIV programme in Zambia is distorted or it’s disrupted or it’s derailed, I’ll be the first casualty, as well as hundreds of thousands of other people."

— Julius Kachidza , Activist

"This is essentially our Zambian government signing away the right to access health data of its citizens to another country."

— Josiah Kalala , Activist