Project ID: 65902

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

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) [Government Agency]

Recipient

Laos

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

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

2017-11-06

Actual start

2017-11-06

Actual complete

2017-11-17

Description

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.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Laos [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Yunnan Probvincial Health and Family Planning Commission and the Provincial Friendship Association [Government Agency]