Project ID: 93254

Chinese Government sends 25th medical team to Benin in January 2021

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Benin

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

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

2021-01-21

Actual start

2021-01-21

Actual complete

2022-08-11

Description

On January 21, 2021, the Chinese Government sent their 25th medical team to Benin. A welcome ceremony was held for the arrival of the medical team. Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jintao attended the ceremony. Team members consisted of specialists in the fields of general medicine, cardiology, gynecology, radiology, pharmacology, otorhinolaryngology, and traditional Chinese medicine. While in Benin, the medical team treated more than 16,000 patients and performed 1,639 operations while also improving Benin’s COVID-19 response efforts. Following their services in Benin, the team departed on August 11, 2022.

Additional details

Number of official sources

4

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Benin [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China [Government Agency]