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China sends ophthalmology equipment worth KGS 8 million to conduct cataracts surgery for Health Express - Bright Journey program (Linked to Record ID#104386)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$91,200
Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•Kyrgyz RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Kyrgyz RepublicSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Sep 15, 2023
Start (actual)
Sep 15, 2023
End (actual)
Sep 15, 2023

Geospatial footprint

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This project was a donation to Osh Interregional United Clinical Hospital is Osh, Kyrgyzstan. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1841648810

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 Kyrgyzstan

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Osh State University
  • Peking University People's Hospital

Loan description

China sends ophthalmology equipment worth KGS 8 million to conduct cataracts surgery for Health Express - Bright Journey program (Linked to Record ID#104386)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On September 15, 2023, the Chinese ambassador to Kyrgyzstan attended a ceremony for the launch of the Health Express - Bright Journey program. This is the implementation of a promise by Xi Jinping at the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), held in September 2022, to provide 2,000 free cataract surgeries to SCO countries. The program included a donation of ophthalmological equipment to Osh Interregional United Clinical Hospital and established the "Health Express" ("健康快车") eye examination room. The equipment consisted of light bulbs, AV scanner, keratometers, non-contact tonometers, and intraocular/aspheric lenses, worth in total about 8 million Kyrgyz soms. The program also included surgeries and training performed by Chinese doctors; this is captured in the linked project with ID 104386.

Staff comments

1. The Kyrgyz name of the project is "Экспресс ден соолук – Жаркын саякат" and the Russian name is "Экспресс здоровья - яркое путешествие." The Chinese name is "健康快车 国际光明行" (Health Express International Bright Journey) "光明行" (Bright Journey), or "“健康快车 吉尔吉斯斯坦 光明行" (Health Express Kyrgyzstan Bright Journey). Osh Interregional United Clinical Hospital may be translated as Osh Interstate Joint Clinical Hospital.