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The State Department is refocusing its foreign health assistance programs around multiyear bilateral deals with recipient countries. The Trump administration says that will help reduce waste and advance U.S. priorities. A senior administration official says the strategy announced Thursday will give countries receiving foreign aid more ownership over the aid and incentivize governments to work toward self-reliance. The strategy advances President Donald Trump’s pattern of dealing with foreign governments transactionally. It comes as the administration has made sweeping cuts to foreign aid programs, including cutting billions in congressionally approved foreign aid funding.