Project ID: 93550

China Sends Anti-Epidemic Medical Team to Lesotho to fight COVID-19 September 2020

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Lesotho

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

2020-01-01

Actual start

2020-09-27

Actual complete

2020-11-05

Description

On September 27, 2020, the Chinese government sent an anti-epidemic medical expert team to Lesotho in order to fight COVID-19. This team was comprised of 10 medical experts, and they arrived with personal protective equipment (PPE) and other medical supplies. It was organized by the National Health Commission of China and members were selected by Hubei Provincial Health Commission. As of October 21, 2020, the team had visited the Ministry of Health of Lesotho, the designated hospitals for the new crown, the national nucleic acid testing laboratory and the WHO representative office in Lesotho, and helped formulate plans for fever clinics. The team departed China on September 27, 2020. On November 5, 2020, the team arrived back home.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

10

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Lesotho [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

National Health Commission of China [Government Agency]

Hubei Province Health Commission [Government Agency]