Overview

18th military medical team dispatched to Zambia

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•ZambiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ZambiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2015

Start (actual): Jan 20, 2015

End (actual): Jan 18, 2016

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The 18th military medical team was stationed at Maina Soko Military Hospital in Lusaka. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/14703749 and https://www.google.com/maps/place/Maina+Soko+Military+Hospital/@-15.4097215,28.3195498,14z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sMaina+Soko+Hospital!3m4!1s0x19408b0cec2421d3:0x18957dad13b2ae71!8m2!3d-15.383587!4d28.3386174.

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

People's Liberation Army of China (PLA)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Zambia

Loan description

18th military medical team dispatched to Zambia

Narrative

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Project narrative

China has been sending military medical teams to Zambia since 1984. On January 20, 2015, China’s 18th military medical team arrived in Zambia. The 11-person team was stationed at Maina Soko Hospital in Lusaka and completed its term of service on January 18, 2016. The members of the team undertook outpatient service, consultation, operation, guidance and teaching activities at Maina Soko military hospital. They also provided medical care for the President and the First Lady, and treated hundreds of senior officials and officers from both Zambian government and military.

Staff comments

Chinese military medical teams should not be confused with regular Chinese medical teams, which have also been dispatched from Henan Province to Zambia every two years since 1978. Also, a video is included in one of the sources.