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Overview

Chinese Government sends the fifth Chinese (Hunan) medical team to Sierra Leone

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2015
Start (actual)
May 9, 2015
End (actual)
Jul 23, 2015

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

  • Government of Sierra Leone

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Health Commission of Hunan Province

State-owned companies

  • Xiangya Hospital Central South University

Loan desecription

Chinese Government sends the fifth Chinese (Hunan) medical team to Sierra Leone

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On May 9, 2015, the Chinese Government sent the fifth China (Hunan) Medical Team organized by the Health and Family Planning Commission of Hunan Province, led by the Xiangya Hospital of Central South University of China to Sierra Leone to assist with the Ebola epidemic. The team included 40 medical staff and technicians from Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Hospital of Changsha, Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The team also included staff from 302 Military Hospital of China. The team treated 39 patients and cured 3 Ebola patients. On July 23, 2015, the mission was finished and the team returned home.