Overview

China sent medical team to provide free eye surgery to patients in Laos

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•Lao People's Democratic RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Lao People's Democratic RepublicSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Nov 6, 2017

Start (actual): Nov 6, 2017

End (actual): Nov 17, 2017

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

China National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Laos

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Yunnan Probvincial Health and Family Planning Commission and the Provincial Friendship Association

Loan description

China sent medical team to provide free eye surgery to patients in Laos

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

From Nov 6 to Nov 17, 2017, China's National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) sent a 14-personnel medical team to provide free eyecare services to people in Laos and conducted 304 cataract surgeries. The event was led by the National Health and Family Planning Commision of China, coordinated by the Yunnan Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission and the Provincial Friendship Association. The medical team consists of nine doctors from Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) in Beijing and five nurses from First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University in Yunnan.