Project ID: 61323

China Sends Short-Term Medical Expert Team to Trinidad and Tobago (Subproject of #69439)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Trinidad and Tobago

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

OOF-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

2018-01-01

Actual start

2018-09-03

Geography

Description

On May 14th, 2018, Prime Minister Kieth Rowley signed multiple Memorandums of Understanding with the Government of the People's Republic of China. Among these was an agreement on Strengthening Cooperation in the Field of Medicine and Health. One of the provisions of this agreement was to provide multiple short-term medical expert teams to Trinidad and Tobago for periods of one month each. The team administered by Tiantan Hospital, consisted of 9 members mainly from neurosurgery and anesthesiology departments, arrived on 3 September, 2018. They reviewed difficult cases with the Trinidadian Regional Health Authorities, carried out demonstration of surgeries and free clinic visits, and donated medical equipments and medicines. The team is designated to work for one month. A donation ceremony was held between the two parties on 17 September, 2018.

Additional details

Trinidad and Tobago is not ODA-eligible after 2011.

Number of official sources

6

Number of total sources

12

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [Government Agency]

Tian Tan Hospital [Miscellaneous Agency Type]