Skip to content
AidData logo

Overview

Chinese Government donates batch of medicines and medical equipment worth $100,000

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$109,072
Commitment Year•2016Country 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, 2016
Start (actual)
May 18, 2016
End (actual)
May 18, 2016

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 batch of medicines and medical equipment worth $100,000

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On May 18th, 2016, the Chinese government held a handover ceremony for the donation of medicines and medical equipment worth 100,000 USD to the Chinese Medical Team of Madagascar at the Ministry of Health. Malagasy Public Health Minister, Andrea Manaribu, and Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy to Madagascar, Zhou Mansheng, attended the handover ceremony and signed the agreement. Chinese Ambassador to Madagascar Yang Xiaorong addressed the attending audience. At the Johannesburg Summit for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in December 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced 10 cooperation programs, including the Public Health Program for which this project contributes toward. As part of a protocol signed by the two governments to send Chinese medical teams to Madagascar, the batch of medicines and medical equipment are distributed annually to the teams. These yearly package include the following projects: Chinese Government donates medicine and medical equipment to Madagascar in 2007 (#59703), same project in 2008 (#19694), in 2009 (#59711), in 2010 (#59716), in 2017 (#61023)