Project ID: 49418

China's Sichuan Province sends voluntary medical team to North Korea to perform cataract surgeries

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Sichuan Provincial Government [Government Agency]

Recipient

North Korea

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

2012-01-01

Actual start

2012-09-28

Geography

Description

On 28 September 2012, as invited by North Korea Health Province and entrusted by China's Ministry of Health, China's Sichuan Province sent out a voluntary medical team to North Korea led by Deputy Director General Wanhua Zhao. The team consisted of two ophthalmologists from West China Hospital of Sichuan University and People's Hospital of Sichuan Province. The group was divided into two teams to go to Cheongwon-gun and South Pyongan Province to carry out cataract surgery. The Sichuan Provincial Medical Association also donated medical equipment and medicine to the North Korean Ministry of Health. Chinese Ambassador to North Korea Liu Hongcai attended the donation ceremony.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

1

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of North Korea [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Sichuan Provincial Health Bureau [Government Agency]

China Ministry of Health [Government Agency]