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Overview

China sends the fourth medical team to Samoa to treat COVID-19 patients in November 2020

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•SamoaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SamoaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 4, 2020
Start (actual)
Nov 4, 2020
End (actual)
Apr 29, 2021

Geospatial footprint

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The office of the Samoan Ministry of Health is located in Apia, Samoa. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1124893075.

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

  • Samoa Ministry of Health

Loan desecription

China sends the fourth medical team to Samoa to treat COVID-19 patients in November 2020

Narrative

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Project narrative

On November 4, 2020, the Chinese Embassy in Samoa and the Samoa Ministry of Health held a reception ceremony to welcome the arrival fourth Chinese medical teams to Samoa as well as to celebrate the third team's departure. The medical team programs started in 2018, and the rotation is typically every half a year. The medical teams will work to treat patients with COVID-19 in Samoa. Ambassador Chao Xiaoliang, Chief Executive Officer Nasari of the Ministry of Health of Samoa, and all members of the medical aid teams attended the event. This is fourth medical teams sent from China. The team concluded its mission on or before 4/29/2021 and has returned to China.

Staff comments

Due to the lack of reports, specifics on the work of previous/following medical teams may not be fully documented in this database; the completion date was estimated using the fifth team's start date reported in media source 169014.