{
  "id": 12928094,
  "title": "US Finally Signs Health Deal with Zambia, But Still Pursues Minerals Agreement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/us-finally-signs-health-deal-with-zambia-but-still-pursues-minerals",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-08T18:27:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/us-finally-signs-health-deal-with-zambia-but-still-pursues-minerals-agreement/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Zambia and the United States finally signed a bilateral health aid agreement on Thursday – after a 10-month delay as the US pushed for better access to the country’s minerals and changes to mining and agricultural regulations in exchange for health aid. In 2024, 84% of Zambia’s HIV programme was funded by the US President’s […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}