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Chinese Government dispatches 1st medical team to Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (Linked to Record ID#60550 and #57444)

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•GambiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GambiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 14, 2017
Start (planned)
Mar 14, 2017
Start (actual)
Jun 2, 2017
End (actual)
Jun 2, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital is located in Banjul, the capital city of The Gambia. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/249740590

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 Gambia

Implementing agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital

Loan desecription

Chinese Government dispatches 1st medical team to Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (Linked to Record ID#60550 and #57444)

Narrative

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On March 14, 2017, China’s Ambassador to The Gambia Zhang Jiming and the Gambian Health and Social Welfare Minister Ceesay signed a protocol agreement on the dispatching of Chinese medical teams to work in The Gambia. Then, on June 2, 2017, the Chinese Government dispatched the first Chinese medical team to the Gambia for a one-year mission. The team consisted of 9 members from Liaoning Province and it was stationed at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital. Liu Guipeng and Xu Yongqing treated 605 patients, 159 patients with diagnosis and treatment of difficult diseases, 119 cases of surgery (8 cases of malignant tumors and complex operations), and more than 100 health services and medical services (Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University). The team's work was finished on June 22, 2018. This was the first Chinese medical team sent since diplomatic ties were reinstated between China and Gambia in 2016, and the 16th Chinese medical team ever sent to Gambia. The second Chinese medical team and the third Chinese medical team that were dispatched to The Gambia (following the resumption of diplomatic ties in 2016) are captured in #60550, and #57444, respectively.