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Chinese Government dispatches 18th medical team to Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2016
Start (actual)
Jun 4, 2016
End (actual)
Jun 19, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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The 18th medical team was stationed at the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital (中塞友好医院), which is located in Jui, a town just outside the east 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

  • Government of Sierra Leone

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Sierra Leone

Loan desecription

Chinese Government dispatches 18th medical team to Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital

Narrative

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Project narrative

China has been sending medical teams to Sierra Leone from Hunan Province since 1973. China stopped sending medical teams in 1993 due to civil conflict and political instability. However, it began sending teams again in 2002. In February 2016, the Chinese Government and the Government of Sierra Leone signed an agreement, dispatching the 18th Chinese medical team to Sierra Leone. The 9-member team was stationed at Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital in the town of Jui. It completed its term of service between June 4, 2016 and June 2017. The team was responsible for performing routine diagnoses and surgeries as well as teaching local medical staff since Sierra Leone was recovering from the Ebola epidemics and lacking medical resources.