Project ID: 89203

Chinese Government sends 15th Medical Team to Lesotho for the fight against Covid-19

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Lesotho

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

2020-12-15

Actual start

2020-12-15

Actual complete

2022-03-01

Description

On December 20, 2020, a welcome ceremony was held for the medical team China sent to Lesotho. This is the 15th batch of medical teams that have been sent to Lesotho. The team consisted of 9 doctors from various medical institutions in Wuhan, China. It had doctors from obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, orthopedics, anesthesiology, acupuncture and radiology and other professional departments. The team was organized by the National Health Commission of China and the Hubei provincial government. The team left China on December 15, 2020 arrived in Lesotho on December 17, 2020. It is unclear exactly how long their stay was, but the 16th medical team arrived in Lesotho on March 10, 2022. Three members from the 15th batch continued their service into the 16th batch.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

8

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Lesotho Government [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Provincial Government of Hubei (China) [Government Agency]

National Health Commission of China [Government Agency]