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Overview

Chinese government provides grant for upgrade and renovation of Banaadir Maternity and Child Hospital

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•SomaliaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SomaliaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Oct 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Oct 1, 2021
End (actual)
Feb 1, 2022

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Somalia

Loan description

Chinese government provides grant for upgrade and renovation of Banaadir Maternity and Child Hospital

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 19, 2022, Banaadir Maternity and Child Hospital held a celebration for the re-opening of its operating wing, which was renovated and upgraded with grant funds from the Chinese government. Chinese Ambassador Fei Shengchao attended the ceremony with Somali high officials. The renovation and upgrade more specifically included the installation of three major surgery rooms, four manual operation beds, operating lamps, and other equipment. The operating theater, following the upgrade, reportedly now has the capacity for 200 obstetric and gynecological surgeries to be performed each month. The project was reportedly related to promises made by President Xi Jinping at the 8th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in November 2021 to "deep[en] practical cooperation" including in the health sector. The renovations took four months to complete, and operations resumed in February 2022. This indicates renovation work began October 2021. The Banadir Maternity Hospital was originally constructed with Chinese government grant funds in the 1970's and has received several batches of material donations by the Chinese government, and visits by Chinese medical teams, since.

Staff comments

1. This project should not be confused with Record ID#31067. Sources about the completion of this project track its inception to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in November 2021, while ID#31067 captures a pledge made in September 2013. Details regarding the specifics of the 'rebuilding' project pledged in September 2013 are unknown, however, sources imply that this was a more extensive re-building project following Somalia's civil war. While it is possible that the project's completion in February 2022 is a fulfillment of the September 2013 pledge -- given that the funds/rebuilding from the September 2013 pledge does not seem to have materialized -- this does not seem likely due to the difference in scope/purpose, lack of reference to the 2013 pledge in reporting about the project's completion, and the extent of the time delay. 2. The name of the hospital in Somali is Isbitaalka Hooyada Iyo Dahalaanka ee Banaadir