Project ID: 60124

First Chinese medical team to Burkina Faso Performs Cataract Surgeries for over 200 patients as part of Phase I of the "Light Action" Project(Linked to #60122)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Burkina Faso

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

2018-12-23

Actual start

2018-12-23

Actual complete

2018-12-31

Description

From December 23-31, 2018, Chinese doctors performed cataract surgeries in Burkina Faso as part of an operation called "Action de la lumière" (Light Action). More than 200 Burkinabé patients aged between 50 and 80 have recovered their sight. The operation was carried out by 10 Chinese medical experts part of the first Chinese medical team to Burkina Faso (see linked ProjectID#60122).

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Burkina Faso [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Burkina Faso Ministry of Health (Ministère de la Santé) [Government Agency]