Project ID: 93068

Chinese Embassy provides equipment to Gambia Ministry of Health in March 2020

Commitment amount

$ 216189.89593252013

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 216189.9

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Recipient

Gambia

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

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

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2020-03-10

Actual complete

2020-03-10

Description

On March 10, 2020, the Chinese Embassy provided equipment to the Gambia Ministry of Health. The equipment included two Foton View CS2 ambulances, medicine, and medical items. These supplies are valued at over D10 million and will be part of Gambia’s COVID-19 response and prevention. The two ambulances will be used in two hospitals in Banjul to assist in ambulance work in remote communities. A handover ceremony was held for this donation at the Central Medical Store in Kotu, Gambia. China’s Ambassador to Gambia, Ma Jianchun, Modou Njie, the Director of Health Promotion and Education at the Ministry of Health, Modou Lamin Jaiteh, the Permanent Secretary, Ousman Sillah, the Chairperson of the National Assembly Select Committee on Health, and Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, the Minister of Health of Gambia, attended the ceremony and delivered speeches.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

8

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Gambia Ministry of Health [Government Agency]