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Chinese government granted blood bank equipment to National Blood Bank Network of Cuba

Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•CubaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CubaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

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Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

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Commitment date
Dec 28, 2009

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Chinese government granted blood bank equipment to National Blood Bank Network of Cuba. This equipment will be mainly used in remote mountainous areas in eastern Cuba. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1854634

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

State-owned Banks

  • Cuba National Network of Blood Banks

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Cuba Donation Execution Company (EMED)

State-owned companies

  • China Meheco Group Co., Ltd.

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Chinese government granted blood bank equipment to National Blood Bank Network of Cuba

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On 10 July, 2009, Ding Shan, the Chargé d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Cuba, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Ramon Ripoll Dias, signed Letters of Exchange confirming the provision blood bank equipment to Cuba's National Blood Bank Network (Red Nacional de Bancos de Sangre). This batch of blood bank equipment is the third batch provided by the Chinese government to Cuba and will be mainly used in remote mountainous areas in eastern Cuba. The batch will consist of biological safety cabinets, centrifuges, blood refrigeration equipment and mobile blood banks, and other necessary equipment. On December 28, 2009, the equipment contract was signed by Yan Jingyao, vice president of the MEHECO Corporation, and Nancy Cruz, from Empresa Ejecutora de Donativos (EMED), the executor of donations in Cuba.