Project ID: 89185

China sends 11th medical team to Papua New Guinea in 2021

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chongqing Municipal Health Commission [Government Agency]

Recipient

Papua New Guinea

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

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

2021-01-01

Actual start

2021-03-09

Actual complete

2022-08-10

Geography

Description

On March 9, 2021, the 11th Chinese medical aid team to Papua New Guinea departed from Chongqing to take over the duties of the 10th team. It will provide medical aid at Port Moresby General Hospital in the country's capital for one year. The 10-member team, with an average age of 39, includes eight medical workers, a translator and a cook. 8 of them returned on August 10th, 2022, after 16 months, while 2 of them stayed. Besides doing routine clinical work, the team will bring advanced domestic clinical diagnosis and treatment technology to PNG, help fight COVID-19 and provide medical services for overseas Chinese residents. Their expertise covers urology, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiovascular medicine, oncology, neurosurgery and neonatology.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Papua New Guinea [Government Agency]