Overview

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

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Antigua and BarbudaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Antigua and BarbudaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2018

Start (actual): Sep 14, 2018

End (actual): Sep 29, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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The project deployed a Chinese medical team at Mount St. John's Medical Centre in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. More detailed locational data can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/150145639

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

China Ministry of Health

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Antigua and Barbuda

Implementing agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

Beijing Tongren Hospital

Loan desecription

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

Narrative

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Project narrative

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 Record ID#54648.