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Chinese surgeon training Ghanaian medical staff in Kumasi, Ghana, 13 July 2016 [Xinhua/Lin Xiaowei]
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Geopolitics
China and UN Security Council endorse African Union’s mediation of US $4.6 billion Ethiopian dam dispute with Sudan and Egypt
Part-Chinese funded (US $1.2 billion), the Blue Nile hydroelectric dam will produce power (6,000 MW) for Ethiopian industrialization, but Egypt and Sudan – where China also has significant investments – raise concerns about low water levels downstream
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Health
Chinese pharmaceuticals will supply 550 million COVID-19 vaccines to COVAX by mid-2022, while African manufacturers (Egypt and Morocco) start production
110 million Sinopharm and Sinovac doses will be immediately available; five African countries are involved in vaccine production and will meet <1% of the needed doses for the continent, where only 2% of the population is fully vaccinated
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People’s Life and Culture
China-Ghana cardiology cooperation (US $3.1 million) includes training of 23 medical professionals (2015-19) and the first minimally-invasive heart surgery
Chinese specialists in Ghana have performed free surgeries and disease screenings, provided cutting-edge training locally and in China, and conducted research on disease prevalence rates, while also helping found the Ghana Cardiology Society (2018)
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Africa celebrates Communist Party of China’s centenary, having fought alongside one another in the quest for liberation from Western colonialism