U.S. to sign multi-year global health MOUs with dozens of countries in the coming weeks

The United States and Malawi signed a five-year bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) worth $936 million in total cooperation to strengthen Malawi’s health system and protect against infectious disease threats. The U.S. plans, working with Congress, to provide up to $792 million over five years while Malawi will increase annual health spending by $143.8 million. The agreement focuses on HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, polio, disease surveillance and outbreak response, shifts responsibility from parallel NGO systems to national ownership, and includes commitments to measurable results and digital solutions.