Chinese Government donates eye surgery equipment worth K3 million to Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital in 2019
Commitment amount
$ 267635.79151526577
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 267635.79
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Zambia
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On December 23, 2019, Counsellor Ouyang Daobing handed over modern eye surgery equipment to Prof. Elwyn Chomba and Dr. Kennedy Malama for use at Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital (LMUTH) in Lusaka, Zambia. The donation was held at the Chinese Embassy in Zambia. LMUTH's website records the value of the donation as equivalent to 3 million Zambian Kwacha. The equipment was donated as a part of the 2019 "Bright Journey" (which is also sometimes translated as "Bright Action") program, under which Chinese doctors had been conducting eye surgery operations at LMUTH for the previous two weeks.
Number of official sources
1
Number of total sources
3
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital [Miscellaneous Agency Type]