China sends 17th medical team to Motebang Hospital in Lesotho

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Lesotho Ministry of Health\|Motebang Hospital
Country	Lesotho
Start Date	Mar 28, 2023
End Date	Jan 20, 2026
Duration	1,029 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`103459`

Grant Description

Since 1997, Hubei Province has been dispatching medical teams to Lesotho. On March 28, 2023, the 17th Chinese medical team arrived in Maseru, Lesotho.

The team was composed of seven physicians from various hospitals in Wuhan City, specializing in anesthesiology, intensive care medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, general surgery, radiology, trauma, and orthopedics.

They began their mission in April 2023 at Motebang Hospital, where they worked to improve access to healthcare for local communities. The medical team completed its one-year assignment on March 28, 2024.

📋 Staff Comments

The Chinese medical team name is 中国第17批援助莱索托医疗.
This is the 17th medical team China has sent since 1997, with doctors first being stationed in Queen Elizabeth II Hospital.

📚 Sources & References

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