Under the proposal, countries would not be guaranteed access to newly developed vaccines

The US will demand countries agree to hand over samples of “pathogens with epidemic potential” in return for temporarily restored health aid, The Guardian wrote on Saturday, citing draft government documents.

US President Donald Trump slashed such programs earlier this year as part of a broad government cost-cutting effort and foreign policy realignment.

Under proposed memorandums of understanding, Washington is offering dozens of countries a renewal of US programs confronting diseases such as HIV, TB, and malaria, as well as “surveillance and laboratory…

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