STORY: Chinese medical teams lauded for advancing healthcare in Tanzania
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 9, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:15
LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania
CATEGORY: HEALTH

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the ceremony
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SUO PENG, Charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BOAZ YONAH, Representative from Mbeya Region Referral Hospital

STORYLINE:

The government of Tanzania on Tuesday thanked the Chinese government for dispatching medical teams to help improve healthcare for people in the East African country.

A ceremony was held to bid farewell to the 26th Chinese medical team and welcome the 27th group.

Over the last six decades, more than 1,500 members of the Chinese medical team have been dispatched to Tanzania, treating about 20 million Tanzanians suffering from various ailments.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SUO PENG, Charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania
"Up to now, 32 teams have served in Zanzibar and 27 Chinese medical teams served in Tanzania mainland, collectively treating nearly 20 million patients and addressing various technological gaps in local hospitals."

Suo said in the past two years, the Chinese experts completed close to 15,000 diagnoses, conducted more than 3,000 surgeries, and held over 400 training sessions.

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BOAZ YONAH, Representative from Mbeya Region Referral Hospital
"We are so thankful for the team, which has been there for these two years, and we are still looking forward to more collaboration and learning a lot from the coming group."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
(XHTV)