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Second Chinese medical team to Burkina Faso performs 200 cataract surgeries as part of 'Light Action' Phase II (Linked to Record ID#88756)

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•Burkina FasoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Burkina FasoSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 7, 2019
Start (actual)
Dec 7, 2019
End (actual)
Dec 21, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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Tangadogo Hospital in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5675756.

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 Burkina Faso

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Burkina Faso Ministry of Health (Ministère de la Santé)

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • The Eye Hospital of WMU

Loan desecription

Second Chinese medical team to Burkina Faso performs 200 cataract surgeries as part of 'Light Action' Phase II (Linked to Record ID#88756)

Narrative

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Project narrative

From December 7, 2019 to December 21, 2019, the National Health Commission of China dispatched 10 members of the second Chinese medical team to Burkina Faso to its capital, Ouagadougou, to carry out free cataract surgeries for the local people at Tangadogo Hospital as part of Phase II of the “Light Action” Project. The team composed of experts and nurses from he Eye Hospital of WMU, China. The clinic lasted 15 days and more than 300 patients was screened. A total of 250 eligible patients completed the operation. The success rate of the operation was 100%. On December 21, the closing ceremony of the "Light Walk" event was held at Tanggadogo Hospital. Linked Record ID#88756 captures the year-long term for China's second medical mission to Burkina Faso.