Overview

China sends the sixth medical team to Samoa to treat COVID-19 patients in March 2022

Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•American SamoaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SamoaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 1, 2022

Start (actual): Mar 1, 2022

End (actual): Oct 8, 2022

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was to send the sixth Chinese medical team, where they have been working in the Tupua Tamasese Meaole (TTM) General Hospital in Apia, the capital of Samoa. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1125187999

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

Samoa Ministry of Health

Loan desecription

China sends the sixth medical team to Samoa to treat COVID-19 patients in March 2022

Narrative

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Project narrative

In March 2022, China sent its sixed medical team to Samoa. The renewed medical team programs between China and Samoa started in 2018, and the rotation is typically every half a year. The fifth team concluded its mission on February 26th, 2022, and the sixth team took over. The exact start date of the sixth team is unknown. The sixth team concluded its mission on October 8th, 2022. The personnel on medical team to Samoa was selected from various hospitals in Jilin province in northern China.

Staff comments

1. There are no source that indicates the exact start time of the sixth team. It is estimated using the fifth team's departure time as well as source 169019, which indicates by the published date of this news source, the sixth team has been working for six months in Samoa.