Project ID: 93478

China sends the fifth medical team to Samoa in 2021

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Samoa

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

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2021-04-27

Actual start

2021-04-27

Actual complete

2022-02-26

Description

On April 27th, 2021, China's fifth medical team to Samoa held a departure ceremony. The renewed medical team programs between China and Samoa started in 2018, and the rotation is typically every six month. The fifth team added Obstetrics and Gynecology and Critical Care Medicine specialists on its team. The team concluded its mission on February 26th, 2022 and returned to China. The mission was longer than expected because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The personnel on medical team to Samoa was selected from various hospitals in Jilin province in northern China.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Samoa Ministry of Health [Government Agency]