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China sends 23rd medical team to Ethiopia in 2022

Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•EthiopiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•EthiopiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

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Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

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Commitment date: Jan 1, 2022

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The purpose of this project is to send a medical team of 16 medical professionals to the Tirunesh Beijing Hospital (also known as the Ethiopia-China Friendship Hospital. The hospital is located in in Akaki, approximately 25 km south of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/175427790

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

Ethiopia Ministry of Health

Loan description

China sends 23rd medical team to Ethiopia in 2022

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In early 2022, the Chinese government sent a medical team of 16 medical professionals to the Tirunesh Beijing Hospital (also known as the Ethiopia-China Friendship Hospital) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia offering all kinds of health care services at the hospital. By August 2022, Zhang Zhiren, team leader, reported that the team had already aided over 20,000 Ethiopians, carried out over 300 surgeries, and trained local nurses in medical techniques such as regional anaesthesia. The team also organizes lectures about Chinese medicine and language at the hospital.