Project ID: 54694

Chinese Bright Journey Medical team offered 101 free cataract surgeries to Bahamanians (link to #54696)

Commitment amount

$ 559083.0918612867

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 559083.09

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) [Government Agency]

Recipient

Bahamas

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

OOF-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

2014-01-01

Actual start

2014-05-01

Actual complete

2015-03-14

Geography

Description

In May 2014, a team of Chinese doctors and nurses, called 'Bright Journey Medical', offered 101 free cataract surgeries to people in the Bahamas (according to the Chinese Embassy). The project is conducted by the National Health Commission of China, and the medical team members are from Peking University Health Science Center. The total cost of the surgeries was estimated to be in between $505,000 and $707,000. This project is linked to #54696, which records the donation of the $570,000 equipment after surgeries.

Additional details

The Bahamas was not ODA eligible in 2014.

Number of official sources

8

Number of total sources

12

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Peking University [Government Agency]