Project ID: 85635

China sends 50-person medical team to Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis (linked to #34310)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Myanmar

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2008-05-01

Actual start

2008-05-18

Actual complete

2008-05-31

Geography

Description

On 2 May 2008, Cycone Nargis hit Myanmar leaving tens of thousands of people dead, missing, or homeless. In response, on May 18, 2008, the Chinese Government sent a 50-person medical team to Yangon, Myanmar to help treat the wounded. Their two-week mission ended on May 31, 2008. Before returning to China, the medical team donated equipment to Myanmar (see Project #34310).

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Myanmar (Burma) [Government Agency]