Project ID: 24282

13th Chinese medical team sent to Rwanda

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Rwanda

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Concessional

Yes

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 year

2007

Completion

2009

2009-08-06

Actual

Description

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.

Number of official sources

1

Number of unofficial sources

1

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Receiving agencies [Type]

Rwandan Ministry of Health [Government Agency]