China sends Second Medical Team for Cataract Surgeries and donates equipment as Part of the "Guang Ming Xing" project in Burundi (Linked to Project ID#52928)
Commitment amount
$ 544924.8739393384
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 544924.87
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) [Government Agency]
Recipient
Burundi
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Free-standing technical assistance
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On June 13, 2018, a Chinese medical team was deployed in Burundi to perform free cataract surgeries for two weeks as part of the "Bright Tour" (Chinese project name is 光明行 "Guang Ming Xing"). The team worked at the Prince's Hospital of Burundi. By the time the project ended on June 20, 2018, 220 patients had undergone surgeries under the project. China donated $500,000 worth of medical equipment and medications related to the surgeries as part of this project. This is the second batch of ophthalmologists sent as a short-term mission Burundi, see Project ID#52928 for the first team of Guang Ming Xing (“光明行”) project, which is led by National Health Commission of PRC (国家卫生计生委) and implemented by Chinese hospitals including Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院、青海省人民医院).
Additional details
The Chinese project title is 援布隆迪“光明行二期”
Number of official sources
4
Number of total sources
8
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Burundi [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Peking Union Medical College Hospital [Miscellaneous Agency Type]