The United States has committed up to US$1.8 billion in new health cooperation funding for Mozambique under a five-year bilateral agreement signed in Washington on Tuesday.
The memorandum of understanding was signed by US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Mozambique’s Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas, accompanied by Health Minister Ussene Hilário Isse.
Under the agreement, the United States Department of State, working with Congress, plans to provide up to US$1.8 billion to support expanded health programmes in Mozambique, including access to new HIV/AIDS prevention tools such as the drug lenacapavir and strengthened malaria prevention efforts.
As part of the deal, Mozambique has pledged to raise domestic health spending by nearly 30 percent as a share of its government budget over the next five years. The additional funding will focus on improving maternal, newborn and child health services and boosting efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
US officials said the agreement reflects a shared commitment to building a more resilient and effective Mozambican health system, while advancing Washington’s global health priorities under the America First Global Health Strategy.
The United States said it plans to sign similar multi-year health cooperation agreements with dozens of other countries receiving US health assistance in the coming weeks.
