Overview

China sends 17th medical team to Motebang Hospital in Lesotho

Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•LesothoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LesothoSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 28, 2023

Start (actual): Apr 1, 2023

End (actual): Mar 28, 2024

Geospatial footprint

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This project sent the 17th medical team to Motebang Hospital in Lesotho. The 17th medical team was stationed at Motebang Hospital, which is located on Mandela Road in the town of Hlotse within Leribe District. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/282276676.

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

Lesotho Ministry of Health

Miscellaneous Agency Types

Motebang Hospital

Loan description

China sends 17th medical team to Motebang Hospital in Lesotho

Narrative

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Project narrative

Since 1997, Hubei Province has been dispatching medical teams to Lesotho. On March 28, 2023, the 17th Chinese medical team arrived in Maseru, Lesotho. The team was composed of seven physicians from various hospitals in Wuhan City, specializing in anesthesiology, intensive care medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, general surgery, radiology, trauma, and orthopedics. They began their mission in April 2023 at Motebang Hospital, where they worked to improve access to healthcare for local communities. The medical team completed its one-year assignment on March 28, 2024.

Staff comments

1. The Chinese medical team name is 中国第17批援助莱索托医疗. 2. This is the 17th medical team China has sent since 1997, with doctors first being stationed in Queen Elizabeth II Hospital.