Overview

Chinese government provides RMB 1 million of medical supplies to the Grand National Hospital of Mauritania in 2023 (linked to record #107885)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$141,234

Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•MauritaniaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MauritaniaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 2, 2023

Start (actual): Mar 2, 2023

End (actual): Mar 2, 2023

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The donation was made to the Grand National Hospital of Mauritania, in Nouakchott, located opposite the Institut National de Recherches en Sante Publique and east of the Hôpital Sabah. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/332474636

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

China Ministry of Health

Receiving agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

Nouakchott Capital Hospital

Loan description

Chinese government provides RMB 1 million of medical supplies to the Grand National Hospital of Mauritania in 2023 (linked to record #107885)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 2, 2023, China donated 41 boxes of medical supplies worth about ¥1 million RMB to the Grand National Hospital of Mauritania, located in Nouakchott. This donation was made under the China-Mauritania "Counterpart Hospital" cooperation project and a Chinese medical aid team also performed free cataract operations for Mauritanian locals with donated medical supplies and provided technical training to medical staff (record #107885). This particular donation will be used to perform 120 cataract surgeries within the following week of its delivery. Director of Heilongjiang Eye Hospital Kan Ze, and Muktar, head of the Grand National Hospital of Mauritania, attended the donation ceremony and signed the handover certificate.

Staff comments

1. Source 209842 declares that 150 cataract surgeries were conducted following the donation, whereas the rest of the cited sources state it was 120 surgeries. AidData relies on the information provided by official donor and recipient sources.