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The deal, worth $3.6 billion over five years, will not include clauses requiring Zambia to share patient health data and specimens with the U.S. government. Zambian Minister of Health Roma Chilengi announced the revised terms, stating that clauses committing Zambia to share individual health data and specimens had been removed. The U.S. is set to provide $1.5 billion over the five-year period."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The U.S. has entered into new bilateral health agreements with approximately two dozen African nations since last year. At least nine of these agreements include provisions for sharing health data and specimens with the U.S. government. These provisions are intended to help the U.S. track and prepare for infectious diseases with epidemic or pandemic potential. However, the agreements do not guarantee that the African nations providing the data will benefit from any developed medical treatments, which would be subject to funding availability and U.S. domestic needs."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on total deal value"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Reports differ on the total value of the five-year health agreement. My Mother Lode, The Independent (US), The Toronto Star, The Hamilton Spectator, The Record, St Catharines Standard, NiagaraFallsReview.ca, and Winnipeg Free Press state the deal is worth $3.6 billion in total, combining funding from both countries. However, Mwebantu, Voice of Nigeria, Jonesboro Sun, MY Northwest, WTVB, The Rio Times, daily-mail.co.zm, and LusakaTimes.com report the U.S. contribution as $1.5 billion, with some digests not specifying the total combined value."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated digests mention that Zambian Minister of Health Roma Chilengi stated the U.S. would provide $1.5 billion over five years. None of the centre-rated digests mention that the U.S. has already signed health data and specimen-sharing agreements with at least nine African nations. 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