Overview

China sends 12th medical team to Ghana in March 2023

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

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 10, 2023

Start (actual): Mar 10, 2023

End (planned): Mar 10, 2023

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This project sends the 12th medical team to Ghana, which is stationed at the China-Ghana Friendship Hospital (LEKMA Hospital), which is located in at Teshie, a suburb of the Ghanaian capital of Accra. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/785917727.

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

Guangdong Provincial Government

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Ghana

Loan desecription

China sends 12th medical team to Ghana in March 2023

Narrative

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On March 10th, 2023, the 12th Chinese medical team was welcomed at the Chinese Embassy in Ghana to mark the beginning of a one-year medical aid mission. The team was stationed at the China-Ghana Friendship Hospital, and was comprised of 11 doctors from China's Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital. The doctors provided free surgeries and clinical services to Ghanaians and local employees of Chinese state-owned enterprises. The team also continued the "Seeing The Beautiful World" cataract surgery project initiated by the 11th Chinese medical team in Ghana, and aimed to complete 100 surgeries.