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Overview

Chinese Government grant for the Kibungo District Hospital Upgrading and Expansion Project

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•RwandaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•RwandaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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Kibungo hospital is located in Ngoma district and former Kibungo province. Its exact locational coordinates can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1050366928

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Rwanda

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Rwandan Ministry of Health

Loan desecription

Chinese Government grant for the Kibungo District Hospital Upgrading and Expansion Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2017, the Chinese Government was reportedly agreed to help upgrade the hospital in Kibungo. The purpose of the Kibungo District Hospital Upgrading and Expansion Project is intended to increase the capacity of the facility from 242 to to over 1,200 beds. The facility in Kibungo is in Ngoma district and former Kibungo province. The Chinese Government grant contribution amount is unknown. The Chinese Government originally funded the construction of this hospital in 2002 (see Record ID#57434). Itis also funding a similar upgrade to the Masaka hospital (Record ID#53267).

Staff comments

This project was mentioned at the signing ceremony for an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that committed grant funding to the Government of Rwanda, so for the time being we assume that this project is grant-funded, although this could not be confirmed.