Chinese Center for Disease Control aids Pakera Regional Hospital with histoplasmosis outbreak
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention [Government Agency]
Recipient
Guyana
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
In April 2019, the Chinese Center for Disease Control (CCDC) committed assistance to the Pakera Regional Hospital and Georgetown Public Hospital to address a Histoplasmosis outbreak in manganese mines in Guyana, with some Chinese workers contracting the illness. On April 6, 2019 a team of medical experts from the CCDC was compiled and deployed to Georgetown Public Hospital. The CCDC also provided specialists, a laboratory, and x-ray equipment. From April 8 to April 10 a group of nine specialists came to aid in testing. This announcement came after an April outbreak of histoplasmosis at the Matthew's Ridge Tunnel mine that killed 2 Chinese workers and sickened 27 others.
Additional details
Number of official sources
0
Number of total sources
4
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Guyana Ministry of Health [Government Agency]