China finances construction of Malaria Prevention and Treatment Center in Tanzania (Linked to umbrella Record ID#1522)

China finances construction of Malaria Prevention and Treatment Center in Tanzania In a June 23, 2006 announcement, Wen Jiabao promised the construction of a hospital specializing in cardiology and an anti-malaria research center to be housed at the hospital. At least part of this project was financed by a loan captured in umbrella Record ID#1522.

The malaria prevention center was unveiled in a ceremony in Dar es Salaam on November 30, 2009 at which Deo Mtasiwa, Chief Medical Officer of the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare expressed gratitude. The construction start and end dates for this project are unknown.

After the establishment of the anti-malaria center, Chinese experts set up and test the facilities, exchange ideas with local specialists and give technological training to medical staff. For the following three years, the Chinese government provided the center’s facilities and drugs free of charge.

It is important that the center should serve as national bases not only for laboratory and clinical departments, but also, and more importantly, for research into anti-malaria strategies (including malaria prevention), for exchanges of advanced technology and for training medical staff.