Overview

National Health Commission in Nanjing, China provides a medical team to Venezuela in March 2020

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•VenezuelaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•VenezuelaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 29, 2020

Start (actual): Mar 29, 2020

End (actual): Apr 13, 2020

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

National Health Commission of China

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Venezuela

Loan description

National Health Commission in Nanjing, China provides a medical team to Venezuela in March 2020

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 29, 2020, the Chinese National Health Commission in Nanjing, China, sent a medical team to Venezuela to provide COVID-19 control assistance. The medical team, organized by the National Health Commission, consisted of hospital workers and medical professionals from the Provincial Disease Control and Prevention Center in Jiangsu, China. The members specialized in respiratory aid and critical care, infectious disease control, laboratory testing, nursing and traditional Chinese medicine. While in Venezuela, the medical team provided general COVID-19 prevention assistance. They also visited local medical institutions, hospitals, and communities to provide anti-epidemic training for local medical staff. The medical team returned to Nanjing on April 13, 2020.