“Reshaping Global Aid: "America First" Strategy Impacts International Health Programs” — what this page in the network covers. The United States has dramatically revamped its approach to delivering global health assistance under the "America First" aid policy, particularly following the dismantling of USAID. This strategic shift by the Trump administration emphasizes smaller, more targeted deals directly with recipient governments, fundamentally altering the traditional model of international aid distribution.
The new framework introduces stringent requirements for nations seeking American assistance, mandating that they finance a portion, and eventually the entirety, of their respective programs. Fred de Sam Lazaro's report details the implementation of this new strategy from Kenya and Uganda, two key African nations that have already entered into agreements under the "America First Global Health Strategy." Their experiences offer early insights into how these revised policies are being received and put into practice on the ground, highlighting the evolving dynamics of U.S. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.