Project ID: 87114

China sends medical team to conduct "Brightness Action 2018" project in Sudan

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sudan

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

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2018-01-01

Actual start

2018-11-28

Actual complete

2018-12-18

Geography

Description

On November 28, 2018, a group of 8 Chinese medical experts was sent to the Eye Hospital of Al-Nilain University in Khartoum, Sudan to conduct free surgeries on Sudanese cataract patients. This program is a part of the Chinese aid program to Sudan, known as "Brightness Action 2018" (“光明行”). The program is implemented by China Xi'an 1st Hospital and is co-launched by Khartoum State's Health Ministry and the Economic and Commercial Counselor's Office of the Chinese Embassy in Sudan. The medical team dispatched had previously conducted surgeries in Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Chad. The program lasted for 20 days and was completed on December 18, 2018. A total of 241 surgeries were conducted.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Sudan Eye Hospital of Al-Nilain University [Miscellaneous Agency Type]

Implementing agencies [Type]

China Xi'an 1st Hospital [Miscellaneous Agency Type]