Overview

Chinese Government dispatches 21st medical team to Maputo Central Hospital

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•MozambiqueDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MozambiqueSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jun 1, 2015

Start (actual): Dec 7, 2016

End (actual): Jan 15, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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The 21st medical team was stationed at Maputo Central Hospital (Hospital Central de Maputo). More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/81244185

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 Mozambique

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

West China Hospital (Sichuan University)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government dispatches 21st medical team to Maputo Central Hospital

Narrative

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Project narrative

Since 1976, the Chinese Government has sent 22 medical teams to Mozambique from Sichuan Province. The 21st medical team included 12 members (with expertise in general surgery, acupuncture, and anesthesia) who were stationed at Maputo Central Hospital. They completed their term of service between December 7, 2016 and January 15, 2019. The members of the team undertook participated in 2024 surgeries, provided anesthesia 3,151 times, and provide TCM acupuncture to 10,000 patients.

Staff comments

1. The exact commitment date is unknown. For now, AidData estimates the commitment date as June 2015 based on the earliest available reference to the project.