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the chinese medical aid team was first sent to africa in 1963. currently, there are 44 medical teams working in 94 locations in 43 countries in africa, with a total of 863 members. more than 2,000 members have won national honors in the recipient countries, and more than 50 members have sacrificed their lives.

jian liguo, a member of the chinese medical aid team to eritrea, is the leader of the 15th chinese (henan) medical aid team to eritrea. in april 2023, he successfully completed his aid work in africa and returned to china. for jian liguo, although the aid work in africa has ended, as a member of the chinese medical team, his mission to serve the health of the african people is far from over.

in the remote consultation center of the second affiliated hospital of zhengzhou university, jian liguo is communicating with doctors and patients in eritrea.

in 2022, jian liguo and other medical team members jointly established this remote consultation center, which also brought new diagnosis and treatment methods to the medical aid team in eritrea. the famous eritrean singer berketi was the first beneficiary of remote consultation.

famous eritrean singer berketi: you saved my life and gave me a new life. i love my country, and i love you and your country just as much. i also hope to invite you to visit my country. i love you.

in 2023, through remote consultation, berketi was diagnosed with a brainstem tumor.due to limited local medical conditions and inability to perform surgery, jian liguo referred her to the second affiliated hospital of zhengzhou university for treatment.

jian liguo, leader of the 15th chinese (henan) medical aid team to eritrea: the operation was very successful. at that time, i was still in eritrea and had not returned. she insisted on waiting for me in our hospital. when i completed my mission and came back to see her, she hugged me tightly and cried. i was also very moved at that time.

not only did they create a remote consultation center, but in more than a year of aid work in africa, jian liguo also worked with the medical team toit has filled many gaps in the field of surgical surgery in recipient countries.

jian liguo, leader of the 15th chinese (henan) medical team to eritrea: eritrea has no spinal surgeons or surgical instruments, so i quickly airlifted the necessary medical instruments for orthopedics from china.the first spinal surgery in eritrea was performed and was very successful.

“it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish”, which is the real mission of the foreign aid medical team. after a period of training and teaching local doctors, the chinese foreign aid medical team provided medical assistance to eritrea.leaving behind a medical team that could not be taken away.

jian liguo, leader of the 15th chinese (henan) medical team to eritrea: these are the 16 medical students trained by our medical team. they have now become the backbone of eritrea. the greeting cards written to me by the students are also a testimony to the friendship between china and eritrea.

during the 426 days of aid to eritrea, jian liguo and the medical team members used their benevolence and medical skills to benefit the local people. over the past 50 years, henan province has sent 70 batches of 1,426 medical teams to ethiopia, zambia, eritrea and other countries, performed more than 56,000 surgeries of various types, trained more than 9,000 local medical personnel, and developed more than 1,900 new technologies and projects.

jian liguo, captain of the 15th chinese (henan) medical team to eritrea: through the aid to africa, the country has also given me great honor. i deeply feel that this is a sense of responsibility and mission.if the motherland needs me and the eritrean people need me, i am willing to lead the team again.