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Overview

Chinese Government donates medical supplies and remote pathology platform to China-Sierra Leone Friendship Hospital

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 31, 2018
Start (actual)
Jan 15, 2019
End (actual)
Jan 15, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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The China-Sierra Leone Friendship Hospital (中塞友好医院) is located in Jiu, a town outside the eastern end of the Freetown city limits. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/314868716

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

  • Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital

Implementing agencies

Joint Venture/Special Purpose Vehicles

  • Hunan Cancer Hospital

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates medical supplies and remote pathology platform to China-Sierra Leone Friendship Hospital

Narrative

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Project narrative

In December 2018, a Chinese grant of equipment for a new remote pathology platform at the China-Sierra Leone Friendship Hospital (中塞友好医院) was shipped to Sierra Leone. On January 15, 2019, an opening ceremony was held for the platform at the China-Sierra Leone Friendship Hospital in Freetown. The project connects medical professionals based in Freetown with Chinese experts at the Hunan Cancer Hospital (湖南省肿瘤医院) for remote consultations. It aims to promote early tumor screening and the collection of medical data such as tumor incidence in Sierra Leone. The opening ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador Wu Peng, Sierra Leone Minister of Health Alpha Wurie, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Embassy in Sierra Leone Zhang Xueqian, and Vice President of the Hunan Cancer Hospital Hu Jun. In February 2019, 5 medical experts from Hunan Cancer Hospital travelled to Sierra Leone to install and debug related equipment donated by the Chinese government and provide professional guidance to medical staff. The project is related to the implementation of the initiatives of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.