Project ID: 63190

China donates artemisinin anti-malarial drugs to Sierra Leone

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sierra Leone

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

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

2008-01-01

Actual start

2008-10-21

Actual complete

2008-10-21

Description

On October 21, 2008, the Chinese embassy in Sierra Leone handed artemisinin-based anti-malarial drugs to the government of Sierra Leone.These anti-malarial drugs can effectively cure malaria and relieve the patient's pain. The Ministry of Health and Sanitation distributed the medicines to various hospitals to benefit the public. Qiu Shaofang, Ambassador to Cyprus, Business Counselor Zhao Zhongqiu and other officials of the Embassy, Cypriot Minister of Health Kabia, Deputy Minister, officials of the Ministry of Health and the media and about 20 people attended the handover ceremony.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

1

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Sierra Leone [Government Agency]