Project ID: 57995

Chinese Government deploys cardiovascular surgery team to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Ghana

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2015-11-30

Actual start

2015-11-30

Actual complete

2015-12-19

Geography

Description

On November 30, 2015, China deployed a team of 10 cardiovascular surgery specialists to Ghana's Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. There, they conducted surgeries and offered training to native surgeons. The team met with Business Counselor Li Jiang and Chinese Ambassador Sun Baohong upon arrival. The team spent two weeks in Ghana and was the first group of cardiovascular experts deployed by China to Africa. The team successfully completed 10 cases of miscellaneous cardiac surgery, 4 cases of pacemaker surgery, and 6 cases of mitral valve replacement.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Ghana [Government Agency]