America Must Not Allow China to Go Viral in Africa

May 1, 2020 Topic: Security Region: Africa Tags: CoronavirusAIDSChinaAfricaBRIChina Debt

America Must Not Allow China to Go Viral in Africa

The United States should meet the People’s Republic of China’s growing influence in Africa by scaling an existing comparative advantage that will demonstrably promote well-being, prosperity, and goodwill: strategic health diplomacy.

Mark P. Lagon is Chief Policy Officer at Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service Program.

Rachel Sadoff is a former policy intern at Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and a junior at Harvard College specializing in public health and history.

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