Chinese military deploys military medical team to Ethiopia (3rd)
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
People's Liberation Army of China [Government Agency]
Recipient
Ethiopia
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Free-standing technical assistance
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On January 10, 2017, a Chinese military medical expert team was sent to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to complete a medical assistance mission. The nine members of the medical team are all clinical doctors from the departments of nephrology, cardiovascular internal medicine, urinary surgery, ear-nose-throat, oral and maxillofacial surgery, operation anesthesia and radiology of the Southwest Hospital affiliated to the Third Military Medical University. The team will carry out clinical treatment, personnel training and technical assistance at the General Hospital of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in Addis Ababa. The current status of the project and the team is unclear.
Number of official sources
2
Number of total sources
2
Details
Cofinanced
No
Implementing agencies [Type]
People's Liberation Army of China [Government Agency]