Overview

Government of China sends sixteen-member medical team to Guyana in 2021

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•GuyanaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GuyanaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2021

Start (actual): Feb 9, 2021

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

Government of Guyana

Loan description

Government of China sends sixteen-member medical team to Guyana in 2021

Narrative

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Project narrative

On February 9, 2021, Guyana's Minister of Health welcomed a sixteen-member medical team of doctors from China. The medical team included doctors specializing in various fields such as general surgery, burns and plastic surgery, orthopedics, nephrology, acupuncturist and moxibustion therapy, radiology, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, anesthesiology, and pathology. China has been sending medical teams to Guyana since 1993.