Nigeria signs healthcare deal with US under new global health framework

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Nigeria signs healthcare deal with US under new global health framework  Nigeria and the United States have signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding to strengthen the country’s healthcare system.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/12/23/nigeria-signs-healthcare-deal-with-us-under-new-global-health-framework  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Nigeria has become the latest African nation to agree to a deal with the United States

00:05to strengthen the country's health care system.

00:08It's aimed at replacing previous agreements under the now-dismantled U.S. Agency for International Development.

00:14Under the five-year deal, Nigeria needs to raise $2.9 billion to boost priority health services

00:21and will receive $2 billion from the U.S.

00:23We're here because there's a moment in time when we need to close on the Memorandum of Understanding

00:31to be signed between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the government of the United States of America

00:39to deepen our cooperation in health, to strengthen health security and resilience.

00:46And this is one more milestone in a journey that started several months ago.

00:52I think when we kicked off a re-engagement and negotiations between the United States government side

01:00and the Nigerian government side.

01:03Under the agreement, Nigeria will get support that has a strong emphasis on Christian-based health facilities,

01:10despite having a slight majority Muslim population.

01:15The SMOU is a testament to the enduring health partnership between our two nations.

01:19It builds on a strong foundation, and it boldly deepens our cooperation,

01:25aligning our efforts more closely than ever before,

01:28and it ensures that our investments, Nigeria and the United States, will deliver sustainable impact.

01:34The U.S. is signing deals with a number of African countries

01:38whose health systems were crippled after cuts to USAID.

01:41Other countries, including Rwanda, Uganda and Eswatini that have entered similar agreements with the U.S.,

01:48have previously agreed to receive third-country deportees from the Trump administration.

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