Overview

Chinese Government sends second medical team to Burkina Faso (Linked to Record ID#86706)

Commitment Year•2018Country 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 26, 2018

Start (actual): Dec 26, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was to send second medical team to Burkina Faso. The team mostly have their duty at Hospital Center University De Tingandogo and Centre Hospitalier regional de Koudougou. Additional locational information can be found at: Hospital Center University De Tingandogo (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tingandogo): https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/743728575 Centre Hospitalier regional de Koudougou: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/250458402

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

Loan description

Chinese Government sends second medical team to Burkina Faso (Linked to Record ID#86706)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 26, 2018, China's second medical mission to Burkina Faso arrived and were treated to a celebratory arrival/farewell to the first medical team dinner. The second medical team was comprised of 10 doctors who were expected to stay in Burkina Faso for a year. Near the end of their stay, the doctors carried out the second phase of the "Light Action" cataract surgery project (see linked Record ID#86706). The dispatch of the first Chinese medical team is captured in Record ID#60122.