Project ID: 54934

China sends medical team to provide cataract surgeries to Antigua & Barbuda in 2018

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Health [Government Agency]

Recipient

Antigua and Barbuda

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

2018-01-01

Actual start

2018-09-14

Actual complete

2018-09-29

Geography

Description

On September 14, 2018, China sent a medical team to Antigua & Barbuda to perform cataract surgeries to Antigua & Barbuda citizens. The project is called "光明行项目” or "Guangmingxing" or "Bright Line" and is part of a larger global project to provide free cataract surgeries. The project lasted 2 weeks, during which the experts performed 355 surgeries, and was completed on September 29, 2018. Previously, the Bright Journey/Bright Line team visited Antigua in 2015, which is captured in project #54648.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Antigua and Barbuda [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Beijing Tongren Hospital [Miscellaneous Agency Type]