Project ID: 92927

China sends the 21st medical team to Uganda in January 2021

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Yunnan Provincial Government [Government Agency]

Recipient

Uganda

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Infrastructure

No

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

Implementation (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2021-01-01

Actual start

2021-01-28

Geography

Description

On January 28, 2021, the 21st Chinese medical team was dispatched to Uganda. The 21st team originated from the Third Yunnan Provincial Hospital and the Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Infectious Diseases. The medical team has at least seven doctors of various specialties, nurses, a translator, and a chef. During its tour, the team would provide support on general surgery, acupuncture/massage, respiratory medicine, anesthesiology, otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, urology, and gastroenterology. The medical team will also share these experiences and knowledge with the Ugandan health care providers in its host hospital, China-Uganda Friendship Hospital in Kampala. The 21st team also provided a donation of medical equipment to the hospital, including respirators, oxygenators, oxygen saturation monitors, sputum excretion machines, and electrocardiographs.

Additional details

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

China-Uganda Friendship Hospital [Miscellaneous Agency Type]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University [Miscellaneous Agency Type]

Yunnan Province Infectious Disease Hospital [Miscellaneous Agency Type]