America's foreign policy openly works only for its own benefit. Under this habit, America is trying to lure two small countries through its deal, but Ghana and Zimbabwe are aware of America's strategies and they rejected US deals one after the other. In February, Zimbabwe and now Ghana have refused to do the deal. Let us know which deal America wants to make with these countries.
Ghana has rejected America's health deal. America demanded Ghana to provide sensitive health data in exchange for funding. Ghana refused to give sensitive health data of its country's citizens. An official said in a statement that Ghana has rejected a proposed health deal with the US over provisions that would have given US entities access to the country's sensitive health data without necessary safety measurements. He said that African country Ghana backed out of this deal for similar reasons.
Ghana's Data Protection Commission Executive Director, Arnold Kawerpuo, said that the scope of data access requested was far beyond what is generally required for the purpose for which it is stated. At present, there has been no response from the US side on this statement given by the Ghanaian official. These US deals offer millions of dollars in US funding to some of the countries most affected by US aid cuts to support their public health systems and help fight the spread of diseases. The US has signed such health deals with about two dozen African countries under the Trump Administration's America First approach to global health funding.
According to Ghana, no prior approval was taken for data use. Under the proposed agreement worth approximately USD 300 million, Kawarpuo said Ghana would have received approximately USD 109 million in US funding over five years, with supplementary investments coming from the Government of Ghana. The agency was directly involved in negotiations in Kawarpuo. The agency explained about the warning that here people considered important for sensitive health data could be identified.
In February, Zimbabwean officials said they had rejected the proposed deal over health data fairness and sovereignty issues. There is also news about Zambia that it has put a stop to a part of the deal, although no decision has been taken there.
