The Minister of Health Sabin Nsanzimana on Tuesday, March 10, met with US State Department's Senior Bureau Official Jeff Graham and other officials from the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy in Washington, DC for a discussion on US-Rwanda cooperation in the health sector ALSO READ. Rwanda, US seal five-year Rwf332bn partnership to strengthen disease response According to the Ministry of Health, their discussions focused on global health security and strategic collaboration, including advancing the implementation of the bilateral health agreement and signing a complementary framework reinforcing cooperation. The meeting builds on a $228 million bilateral health cooperation agreement signed in Washington, DC in December 2025. Under that five‑year agreement, the United States committed up to $158 million to support Rwanda’s efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other infectious diseases, and to strengthen disease surveillance and outbreak response. Rwanda plans to increase its domestic health investment by about $70 million over the period of the partnership.
