Overview

China sends their 4th medical team to Liberia

Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•LiberiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LiberiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jun 1, 2011

End (actual): Jun 1, 2013

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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 Liberia

Loan description

China sends their 4th medical team to Liberia

Narrative

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Project narrative

Since 2005, China has sent medical teams to Liberia every other year. On June 1, 2011 Chinese ambassador to Liberia Zhao Jianhuo and Health Minister Dr. Walter Gwenigale signed a partnership agreement aimed at strengthening Liberia's health sector by sending the 4th medical team. Under the agreement, Chinese medical doctors will continue to help Liberia's largest referral hospital, the John F. Kennedy Medical Center, in the provision of medical services to the needy. The agreement provides that the Chinese government will continue to bring Chinese medical doctors to the country to take up various assignments in the health sector of the country. Other medical teams to Liberia: See Record ID#1594, Record ID#30735, Record ID#30736, Record ID#30737 According to a 2011 Working Series report, China has been sending medical teams to Liberia since 1984. The medical team was withdrew in1989 but resumed in 2005.