[EBOLA] China sends 3 Public Health Experts to Sierra Leone

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Sierra Leone
Country	Sierra Leone
Start Date	Jan 01, 2014
End Date	Jan 22, 2029
Duration	5,500 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`35246`

Grant Description

On August 17, 2014, a team of three Chinese medical experts (Xu Daomiao, Sha Xinping, and Zhang Heng) landed at the Lungi International Airport in Freetown.

The experts worked with the 16th medical assistance team at King Harman Road Hospital, helped monitor the China-Sierra Leone Friendship Hospital, and trained local medical staff on disease control.

They returned to China on 17 September 2014, after the arrival of a 59-person CDC medical team and a mobile laboratory in Sierra Leone.

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