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Overview

China sends Second Medical Team for Cataract Surgeries and donates equipment as Part of the 'Guang Ming Xing' project in Burundi (Linked to Record ID#52928)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$503,148
Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•BurundiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BurundiSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
Start (actual)
Jun 13, 2018
End (actual)
Jun 20, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was to perform free surgeries at the Hospital Prince Régent Charles in Bujumbara More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/87173499#map=18/-3.37322/29.36219

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 National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Burundi

Implementing agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Loan description

China sends Second Medical Team for Cataract Surgeries and donates equipment as Part of the 'Guang Ming Xing' project in Burundi (Linked to Record ID#52928)

Narrative

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Project narrative

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 Record 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).

Staff comments

The Chinese project title is 援布隆迪“光明行二期”