US disputes Zimbabwe account on US$365m health deal

The United States Embassy in Harare publicly contradicted Information Minister Zhemu Soda's account of the rejected US$365 million health deal. Soda had told Parliament that the US sought to collect private health data for research that might not benefit Zimbabweans. The embassy called the government's version inaccurate. The rejection triggered a US statement that Zimbabwe had assured it could handle its own health needs. The US Embassy called the government's account inaccurate.