Overview

Chinese Government dispatches first medical team to perform cataract surgeries (Linked to Record ID#57410)

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•BurundiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BurundiSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2016

Start (actual): Dec 2, 2016

End (actual): Dec 9, 2016

Geospatial footprint

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Prince Regent Charles Hospital is located in Bujumbura. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/997079377

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

Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Burundi

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

China National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC)
Government of Burundi

Miscellaneous Agency Types

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Loan description

Chinese Government dispatches first medical team to perform cataract surgeries (Linked to Record ID#57410)

Narrative

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Project narrative

In December 2016, the Chinese Embassy in Burundi implemented the "Walking towards Light" ("光明行") Project, which involved operating a temporarily free clinic at Prince Regent Charles Hospital. During the nine-day period, Chinese ophthalmologists performed cataract surgery free of charge for 182 patients in Burundi. The Chinese expert group also trained local medical staff and donated surgical equipment and related medicines to Prince Regent Charles Hospital. The project was led by National Health Commission of PRC (国家卫生计生委) and implemented by a medical team coming from Chinese hospitals including Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院、青海省人民医院、江西大学眼科医院). See Record ID#57410 for a second team deployed in 2018.