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China trains Zambian personnel for China-Zambia Endoscopy Center at Levy Mwanawasa Hospital (Linked to Record ID#57325, #85188)

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
End (actual)
Aug 8, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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Levy Mwanawasa Teaching Hospital is located five kilometers northeast of the center of Lusaka. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12683728

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 Zambia

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (ZDYFY)

Loan desecription

China trains Zambian personnel for China-Zambia Endoscopy Center at Levy Mwanawasa Hospital (Linked to Record ID#57325, #85188)

Narrative

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Project narrative

In May 2017, at the 70th World Health Assembly, the Chinese Government and the Government of Zambia signed a hospital cooperation agreement (Chinese name: 建立对口医院合作关系的协议), which granted 6.99 million RMB for constructing the China-Zambia Endoscopy Unit at Levy Mwanawasa Hospital (#57325). First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University was responsible for training 5 Zambian hospital staff, installing endoscopic equipment (#85188), and other related related operations. It is unclear exactly when this training took place. On August 8, 2018, Chinese and Zambian officials held a launching ceremony to mark the beginning of the the operations of the center.