Nigeria, March 6 -- The United States (US) has run into some problems with its America First Global Health Strategy, which it rolled out in September 2025.

Twenty African nations and four Latin American states have so far signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) within this strategy. This is partly designed to wean them off non-governmental organisation (NGO) health assistance by providing direct health support from the US government to their governments over five years.

Most of the African countries previously received health grants via the US Agency for International Development, which President Donald Trump terminated, and the decimated US President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief. Much of this aid was channelled through NGOs that t...