Ghana walked away from a US$109 million American health deal rather than surrender its citizens' health data. The same week, South Africa's Absa moved US$239
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Key Facts
—The refusal. Ghana turned down a US$109 million US health-aid package rather than hand over access to its citizens’ health data.
—The math. Over five years that was just US$21.8 million a year — about 23 percent of the US$96 million in US health aid Ghana already received in 2024.
—A pattern. Kenya, Zimbabwe and Zambia have also frozen or rejected similar data-for-aid deals this year.
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