Overview

Chinese Government dispatches 22nd medical team to Lomé-Commune Health District Hospital and Kara Regional Hospital

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•TogoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•TogoSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

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Completion

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Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 29, 2017

Start (actual): Sep 29, 2017

End (actual): Dec 4, 2019

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The 22nd Chinese medical team was stationed at Lomé Regional Hospital Center (CHR-Lomé Commune or CHU-Lomé) in the capital city of Lomé and Kara Regional Hospital (also known as Centre Hospitalier Régional de Kara or Hôpital chinois de Tomdè or CHR-Kara-Tomdè or Centre hospitalier régional de Kara Tomdè) in the city of Kara. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/800758668 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/228164855.

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 Togo

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Shanxi Provincial Government

Loan desecription

Chinese Government dispatches 22nd medical team to Lomé-Commune Health District Hospital and Kara Regional Hospital

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Project narrative

The Chinese Government has been dispatching medical teams to Togo every two years since 1974. Shanghai was originally responsible for sending the teams but Shanxi Province took over in 1983. On September 29, 2017, the Chinese Government and the Government of Togo signed a protocol agreement, dispatching the 22nd Chinese medical team to Togo (第22批中国援多哥医疗队 or 中国援多第22批医疗队). The 20-member team was stationed at Lomé Regional Hospital Center (CHR-Lomé Commune or CHU-Lomé) in the capital city of Lomé and Kara Regional Hospital (also known as Centre Hospitalier Régional de Kara or Hôpital chinois de Tomdè or CHR-Kara-Tomdè or Centre hospitalier régional de Kara Tomdè) in the city of Kara. It completed its term of service between September 28, 2017 and September 2019. The medical returned on December 4, 2019. It helped more than 15,600 patients recover from their illnesses.

Staff comments

The Shanxi Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission is responsible for dispatching medical teams to Togo.