Overview

13th Chinese medical team sent to Rwanda

Commitment Year•2007Country of Activity•RwandaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•RwandaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2007

Start (actual): Jan 1, 2007

End (actual): Aug 6, 2009

Geospatial footprint

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Kibungo Hospital in the Eastern Province. More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1050366928

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

Rwandan Ministry of Health

Loan desecription

13th Chinese medical team sent to Rwanda

Narrative

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Project narrative

China has been sending medical teams to Rwanda since 1982 and until 2015 there has been 16 teams total. All the medical teams are sent from Neimenggu (Inner Mongolia) Province to the Kibungo Province in Rwanda. On August 6, 2009, a Chinese medical team departed Rwanda after working for two years. The term for the medical team is generally 2 years. It is reported that there were 127 staff sent till 2006. This team was deployed at Kibungo Hospital in the Eastern Province. The amount and exact start date are unknown. The 14th medical team arrived in Rwanda to replace the departing team in 2009.