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Namibia Rejects US Health Deal Over Data Access & Sovereignty Concerns: Media
🇳🇦 According to the government, the proposed data-sharing and sample-exchange provisions run counter to national legislation, as reported in the media.
🧬 Windhoek also opposed broad, one-sided US access to medical data, stating that such access would infringe on constitutional privacy protections and national sovereignty over biological materials.
❌ Namibia joins Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa in declining the US $40 million grant offer for HIV and tuberculosis programs under Washington's global health strategy.
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