US’s Biomedical Imperialism in Africa: New Scramble for Resources

Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Kenya have all raised concerns over proposed health partnerships with the United States, worth billions of dollars, that would require extensive sharing of sensitive health data and pathogen samples. Critics warn of a pattern of exploitative research practices and colonial thinking, where African countries risk supplying biological information while the resulting benefits remain concentrated in wealthier nations. The agreements, part of the “America First Global Health Strategy”, have sparked controversy over the imbalance of power and potential risks to privacy and sovereignty.

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