China provides emergency anti-malaria technicial support to Comoros after 2019 hurricane

On April 28th, 2019, after Hurricane Kenneth struck Comoros, the experts from Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine formed an anti-malaria technical cooperation team and launched emergency anti-malaria efforts in the archipelago. Prior to Hurricane Kenneth, China was engaged in a long term anti-malaria campaign in Comoros donating equipment and expertise through projects like #57367. After the hurricane in April 2019, Chinese volunteers engaged in disease mitigation experts by distributing anti-malaria medication and information on how to reduce exposure to mosquitos. There is no information available indicating the source of funding for this project or its approximate value.

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The Chinese name of the team of experts is 援科摩罗抗疟技术合作项目组.

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