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Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention holds 'China-Sierra Leone International Training on Malaria Diagnostic Techniques' in October 2019

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Oct 28, 2019
Start (actual)
Oct 28, 2019
End (actual)
Nov 3, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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Bintumani Hotel, Freetown, Sierra Leone. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/33196493

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

  • Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Cofinancing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Sierra Leone
  • USAID

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Sierra Leone Ministry of Health

Loan description

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention holds 'China-Sierra Leone International Training on Malaria Diagnostic Techniques' in October 2019

Narrative

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Project narrative

On October 28, 2019, the "China-Sierra Leone International Training on Malaria Diagnostic Techniques," jointly organized by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USAID/PMI and the Ministry of Health of Sierra Leone, was launched in the Bintumani Hotel in Freetown. The course lasted for six days, consisted of two three-day sessions, and trained a total of 75 Sierra Leonean hospital technicians responsible for malaria diagnosis. Experts from the Chinese Center for Disease Control Team and the Chinese Military Medical Expert Team conducted the trainings. Dr. Amara Jambai was chairman of the program. In attendance at the opening ceremony for the course were Chargé d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy, Sierra Leone's Vice Minister of Health, Sierra Leone’s Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Chief Officer of the Ministry of Health, and the Head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Expert Team.