Project ID: 87296

China sends "Bright Journey" medical team to Eritrea for ophthalmic surgeries in 2019

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Eritrea

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

2019-01-01

Actual start

2019-12-16

Actual complete

2020-01-06

Geography

Description

Between December 16th, 2019 and January 6th, 2020, China sent a team of 7 ophthalmologists and 3 assistants to "perform cataract surgery and diagnose and treat other eye diseases" in Eritrea, as a part of "Bright Journey" (“光明行”), one of the eight initiatives established during the 2018 FOCAC (Forum on China-Africa Cooperation) meeting. Over the course of the 21 days, the team performed 508 cataract surgeries and diagnosed and treated 1,250 patients with eye diseases.

Number of official sources

4

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Eritrea [Government Agency]