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Chinese Government dispatches 19th medical team to Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital

Commitment Year•2017Country 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, 2017
Start (actual)
May 29, 2017
End (actual)
Jul 8, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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The 19th 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
  • Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital
  • University of Sierra Leone

Loan desecription

Chinese Government dispatches 19th 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 2017, the Chinese Government and the Government of Sierra Leone signed an agreement, dispatching the 19th Chinese medical team to Sierra Leone. The 20-member team was stationed at Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital in the town of Jui. It completed its term of service between May 29, 2017 and July 8, 2018. It diagnosed and treated more than 29,887 patients, and it completed more than 300 complex operations. On May 22, 2018, the team provided free medical service to the University of Sierra Leone (张学谦参赞出席援塞医疗队赴塞拉利昂大学义诊活动).