Project ID: 1805

China sends their 4th medical team to Liberia

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Liberia

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2011-06-01

Actual complete

2013-06-01

Geography

Description

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 Project #1594, Project #30735, Project #30736, Project #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.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Liberia [Government Agency]