Overview

16th Chinese medical team sent to Rwanda

Commitment Year•2013Country of Activity•RwandaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•RwandaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2013

Start (actual): Sep 1, 2013

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 description

16th Chinese medical team sent to Rwanda

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

China has been sending medical teams to Rwanda since 1982 and until 2015, there has been 16 teams in total. All the medical teams are sent from Neimenggu ( Inner Mongolia) Province. In 2013 September, the 16th medical team arrived in Rwanda. The total team member is 20. The year 2013 is also the 30th anniversary for Chinese medical teams to Rwanda. During the 30 years, the doctors have saved 650,000 people in Rwanda.