US Expresses Interest In ‘Health As Business’ At Meeting With African Leaders After Aid Cut

Dr Susan Monarez, newly appointed head of the US CDC (2nd left) and other US government officials meet Africa CDC Director General Dr Jean Kaseya and Dr Ngashi Ngongo in Washington. ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-27-at-16.31.10.png?fit=300%2C183&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-27-at-16.31.10.png?fit=640%2C391&ssl=1″ class=”size-large wp-image-123588″ src=”https://healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-27-at-16.31.10-1024×626.png” alt width=”640″ height=”391″ srcset=”https://healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-27-at-16.31.10-1024×626.png 1024w, https://healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-27-at-16.31.10-300×183.png 300w, https://healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-27-at-16.31.10-768×470.png 768w, https://healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-27-at-16.31.10.png 1122w” sizes=”(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px”>Dr Susan Monarez, newly appointed head of the US CDC (2nd left) and other US government officials meet Africa CDC Director General Dr Jean Kaseya and Dr Ngashi Ngongo in Washington. Leaders of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) held a five-hour meeting with Dr Susan Monarez, newly appointed head of the US CDC, and other US officials on Wednesday – for the first time since the US slashed funding to Africa’s health sector. Discussion centred on health security, funding for Africa CDC and options for health financing on the continent, Dr Ngashi Ngongo, Africa CDC’s incident management head, told a media briefing on Thursday. “From the [US] administration’s perspective, they would like to see more of health as a business, rather than something that functions on grants,” added Ngongo.  African programmes worst affected by the US’s abrupt termination of funding are those dealing with...