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Overview

Chinese Government donates a batch of medical supplies worth $220,000 to fight Yersinia pestis plague (Linked to Record ID#58725, #60995, #60996)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$234,108
Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•MadagascarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MadagascarSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017
Start (actual)
Oct 12, 2017
End (actual)
Oct 12, 2017

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 Madagascar

Loan description

Chinese Government donates a batch of medical supplies worth $220,000 to fight Yersinia pestis plague (Linked to Record ID#58725, #60995, #60996)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On October 12th, 2017, China donated a package of medical supplies worth 220,000 USD to the Malagasy Ministry for Public Health to fight the Yersinia pestis plague which, at the time, had resulted in 57 fatalities. Chinese Ambassador to Madagascar Yang Xiaorong spoke at the ceremony held in Antananarivo. The package, which includes medical equipment, antibiotics, clothing, masks, and protective gloves, was ready to use immediately. A November 2017 report by ReliefWeb noted that 220,000 USD in medicines were received by the Malagasy government. The leader of the 21st Chinese medical team (Record ID#60028) attended the ceremony. This is part of a protocol signed by the two governments to regularly dispatch Chinese medical teams to Madagascar. A few days before this ceremony, the leader of the 21st medical team also gave a public lecture on plague prevention at the Chinese Embassy in Madagascar (Record ID#61025). This is linked to Record IDs #58725, #60995, and #60996.