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Overview

China sends 34th medical team to Mauritania in March 2021 (linked to Record ID#57187)

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•MauritaniaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MauritaniaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Mar 23, 2021
End (actual)
Mar 23, 2022

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

  • Government of Mauritania

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Heilongjiang Provincial Health Planning Commission

Loan desecription

China sends 34th medical team to Mauritania in March 2021 (linked to Record ID#57187)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 23, 2021, China dispatched the 34th medical team to Mauritania. The 34th team comprised 21 members, including 1 captain, 2 translators, 2 chefs, and 17 medical staff. The medical staff were assigned as follows: 4 to Capital Hospital, 5 to the National Institute of Public Health, 3 to the Friendship Hospital, and 5 to Kiffa Hospital in more remote areas. Their professional expertise covered orthopedics, radiology, anesthesiology, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, ophthalmology, nursing, epidemiology, bacterial virology, and food and water quality testing. On April 9, 2021, the 33rd and 34th Chinese medical teams jointly organized a one-day seminar. Since 1968, China has sent 34 Chinese medical teams that comprised 900 medical personnel. The purpose of the 34th medical mission is to assist Mauritania in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and cooperate with the embassy in the support pandemic prevention for Mauritanian.