Overview

China dispatches third 'Light Journey' ophthalmology aid mission to Chad in May 2023 [Linked to Record ID#106325]

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

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: May 20, 2023

Start (planned): May 20, 2023

Start (actual): May 20, 2023

End (planned): May 29, 2023

End (actual): May 29, 2023

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This project was an ophthalmology aid mission to the China-Chad Friendship Hospital in N'Djamena, Chad. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7486233424

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

National Health Commission of China

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

China-Chad Friendship Hospital

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Jiangxi Provincial Health Commission
Nanchang University Affiliated Eye Hospital

Loan description

China dispatches third 'Light Journey' ophthalmology aid mission to Chad in May 2023 [Linked to Record ID#106325]

Narrative

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Project narrative

On May 20, 2023, the Chinese government sent a ten-person ophthalmology medical team from to N'Djamena, Chad, to work in the China-Chad Friendship Hospital. The team conducted free ophthalmology surgeries, diagnoses, and treatments, while also engaging in professional training for ophthalmologists in Chad. They carried out about 302 free cataract surgeries and fundus disease screening and cataract screening for more than 600 people. The ophthalmology team members came from Nanchang University's Affiliated Eye Hospital. The medical team departed on May 29, 2023. On May 24, Chinese Ambassador to Chad Wang Xining and Chad's Secretary of State for Public Health Zenabe visited the China-Chad Friendship Hospital to visit patients who had undergone cataract surgery.

Staff comments

1. The Chinese name for this medical mission is 光明行.