China sends Third Chinese Military Medical Expert Group to Sierra Leone in June 2018

Project narrative

In June 2018, the third Chinese Military Medical Expert Group (CNMEG) arrived to Sierra Leone for a year-long aid mission. The expert team built the center for tropical infectious disease control and prevention into the most modernized infectious diagnosis and treatment center for the Sierra Leone military. The third team was stationed at the 34 Military Hospital in Wilberforce. According to Xu Zhe, head of the expert team, over the year-long mission, the team diagnosed and treated more than 1,000 patients, admitted more than 280 to the hospital, provided emergency medical assistance to more than 50 severely sick persons, and helped the Sierra Leone military to successively build 6 new infectious disease monitoring sentinel points, which have effectively enhanced the Sierra Leone military’s capabilities to monitor, prevent and control infectious diseases. On July 8, 2019, the third PLA medical expert team to Sierra Leone, with members with the Fifth Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital (PLAGH) and the School of Military Medical Sciences under the PLA Academy of Military Sciences, returned to China after successfully completing their one-year aid mission.