Project ID: 35627

18th military medical team dispatched to Zambia

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

People's Liberation Army of China [Government Agency]

Recipient

Zambia

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

2015-01-01

Actual start

2015-01-20

Actual complete

2016-01-18

Geography

Description

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.

Additional details

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.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

7

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Zambia [Government Agency]