Overview

20th military medical team dispatched to Zambia

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

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2017

Start (actual): Jan 22, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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The 20th military medical team was stationed at Maina Soko Military Hospital in Lusaka. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/14703749

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

People's Liberation Army of China (PLA)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Zambia

Loan desecription

20th military medical team dispatched to Zambia

Narrative

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Project narrative

China has been sending military medical teams to Zambia since 1984. On January 22, 2017, China’s 20th military medical team arrived in Zambia. The 11- person team — comprised of military doctors with expertise in otolaryngology, radiology, ophthalmology, stomatology, cardiology, orthopedics, surgery, blood purification, gastroenterology, and medical engineering — was stationed at Maina Soko Hospital in Lusaka.

Staff comments

Chinese military medical teams should not be confused with regular Chinese medical teams, which have also been dispatched from Henan Province to Zambia every two years since 1978.