US health agreements across the continent promise funding, but demand access to sensitive data and pathogen samples with few guarantees of equitable benefit-sharing.
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2026/3/13/uss-new-scramble-for-africa-is-biomedical-imperialism #ABS #access2meds
US’s new scramble for Africa is biomedical imperialism

From Zimbabwe to Zambia, US health deals are raising fears of a new era of biomedical extractivism.

Al Jazeera