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Overview

Chinese Government provides USD 20 million grant for the National Clinical Reference Laboratory Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$20,125,926
Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•LiberiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LiberiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 6, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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The project builds an adjacent laboratory to 14 Military Hospital, located in the Sheiffelin Barrack (Scheiffelin Township) within the Edward Binyah Kesselly Barracks (see: "NEW HOSPITAL NAMED AFTER PRES. WEAH’S #14 JERSEY"). More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/305719536

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 Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Liberia Ministry of Defense

Loan description

Chinese Government provides USD 20 million grant for the National Clinical Reference Laboratory Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 6, 2018, the Chinese Government and the Government of Liberia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding funding for the construction and equipping of a National Clinical Reference Laboratory. The National Clinical Reference Laboratory will be built as an addition to the 14th Military Hospital, which is operated by the Liberian Ministry of National Defense, in Margibi County. It is set to be the ‘leading laboratory in West Africa’ according to the Chinese Embassy in Liberia. Then, in January 2019, the Chinese Government and the Liberian Ministry of National Defense signed a technical agreement regarding the project. Then, in September 2022, Chinese Ambassador to Liberia Ren Yisheng announced that this project was in the tendering and procurement phase. According to the Liberian Ministry of National Defense, the laboratory will cost $20 million.

Staff comments

1. This project is also known as the National Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Laboratory Project. The Chinese project title is 国家临床诊疗实验室 or 第14军医院援建一所现代化临床参比实验室.