Overview

Chinese medical team provides free cataract surgery to over 120 Burmese patients as part of China-Myanmar Brightness Journey 2018 (linked to Record ID#86569)

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•MyanmarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MyanmarSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 20, 2018

Start (actual): Sep 20, 2018

End (planned): Sep 22, 2018

End (actual): Sep 22, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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The project provided free cataract surgeries to patients at the Sitagu Shwe Pyi Hein Eye Hospital in Yangon State, Myanmar. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1040916653 and https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shwe+Pyi+Hein+Eye+Hospital/@16.8221432,96.1769218,19.6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x30c193119de7edf3:0xed9d6503403d0aa9!8m2!3d16.8221368!4d96.1773141

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 Myanmar (Burma)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
Yunnan Provincial Department of Commerce

Miscellaneous Agency Types

Sitagu Shwe Pyi Hein Hospital (Myanmar)

NGO/CSO/Foundations

Visakha Foundation

Loan description

Chinese medical team provides free cataract surgery to over 120 Burmese patients as part of China-Myanmar Brightness Journey 2018 (linked to Record ID#86569)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On September 20, 2018, a Chinese medical team from Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University began to provide free cataract surgery to 120 patients under "China-Myanmar Brightness Journey 2018" in Myanmar's Yangon. The two-day free cataract surgery program was jointly conducted by a medical team from China's Kunming Medical University and the local medical team at Sitagu Shwe Pyi Hein Eye Hospital. The program was sponsored by the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University and organized by the Yunnan Provincial Department of Commerce, the Visakha Foundation and Sitagu Shwe Pyi Hein Eye Hospital. The Chinese medical team also donated $3,000 USD to Sitagu Shwe Pyi Hein Eye Hospital to support the program, as captured by linked Record ID#86569).