Project ID: 86110

Chinese government agrees to dispatch medical teams to King Harman Road Hospital in Sierra Leone

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sierra Leone

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

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

Implementation (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2002-10-17

Actual start

2002-12-01

Geography

Description

On October 17, 2002, the Government of the People's Republic of China signed an agreement with the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone agreeing to send a medical team to provide training to local doctors and assist in public health work. The team was to take up residency at the King Harman Road Hospital in Freetown and eventually extend their services to other provinces. The first dispatch of medical teams occurred in December 2002, and Chinese medical activities have been ongoing as of October 2006.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Sierra Leone [Government Agency]