Overview

Yunnan Province Infectious Disease Hospital provides training for medical staff at China-Uganda Friendship Hospital

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

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Apr 22, 2020

Start (actual): Apr 22, 2020

End (actual): Apr 22, 2020

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

Yunnan Provincial People’s Government

Receiving agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

China-Uganda Friendship Hospital

Implementing agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

Yunnan Province Infectious Disease Hospital

Loan desecription

Yunnan Province Infectious Disease Hospital provides training for medical staff at China-Uganda Friendship Hospital

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 22, 2020, medical staff from China's Yunnan Provincial Infectious Disease Hospital shared their insights and experiences fighting the spread of COVID-19 with their counterparts at the China-Uganda Friendship Hospital in Kampala, Uganda via videoconference. According to Xinhua, the staffs "discussed clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment experience," as well as personal protection equipment (PPE) protocol for staffers, and nursing for COVID-19 patients. The China-Uganda Friendship Hospital was one of those in Uganda designated to combat the pandemic.

Staff comments

1. Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Infectious Diseases and AIDS Care Center is a fully-funded public institution established by the Yunnan Provincial People's Government.