Project ID: 40193

China sends an additional 43 relief workers to Haiti (linked to #85824)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Haiti

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

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

2010-01-01

Actual start

2010-01-25

Actual complete

2010-02-09

Geography

Description

On January 21, 2010, the Chinese government announced a 43 person medical care and epidemic prevention team would help assist disaster relief efforts in Haiti following a magnitude 7.3 earthquake. The team arrived on January 25 and left on February 9, and team members were from China's military medical system. 70 percent of them had participated in previous UN peacekeeping missions. They brought with them medical supplies worth 18 million RMB (see project #85824). The team will be replacing another 60 member team, consisting of medical professionals and individuals working on search and rescue operations (see project #40186).

Additional details

The costs associated with sending this medical team to Haiti may be included in the 18 million RMB in project #85824

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

9

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Cofinanced

No