Chinese Government sends first medical team to Burkina Faso (Linked to Record ID#60124, #88583, #88741)

On July 7, 2018, China sent its first-ever medical team to assist in improving Burkina Faso's public health. The team was comprised of over a dozen Chinese doctors. More than 500 consultations were carried out at the Tengandogo University Hospital and 200 at the Koudougou CHR. Surgical operations were also carried out, part of which with equipment made in China.

On December 26, 2018, after fulfilling their final duties at the Tengandogo University Hospital Center and at the Koudougou Regional Hospital Center, the team members were treated to a goodbye drink offered by the Embassy, ​​in the presence of the Secretary General of the Ministry of health, Robert Karama.

There, they also welcomed the second Chinese medical team to continue the mission of improving public health in Burkina Faso (see Record ID#88756).

In addition to this care, cooperation between the two countries has materialized through a donation of medical equipment including an ECG machine, a multi-parameter monitor, surgical devices and equipment, medical consumables and personal protective equipment.

The value of the donation, made on October 30, 2018, to the Ministry of Health amounted to more than one million RMB, or approximately 82 million CFA francs (see linked Record ID#88583).

In addition to this, donations of drugs and surgical equipment were given to health structures in the rural town of Saponé where the medical mission organized an activity to popularize knowledge in the area of ​​disease prevention (see linked Record ID#88741).

It was also announced that 200 patients would benefit from Chinese Government-funded cataract surgery via the first phase of the "Light Action" (Action de la lumière) project (see Record ID#60124).