History, current situation and trend of China's overseas health facilities aid / 中国卫生政策研究

ABSTRACT

This study conservatively estimates that the Chinese government invests about 267millions USD per year on health facilities aid,almost reaching the amount of Germany,and ranked fifth globally.Health facilities built by China mostly are general hospitals and health care centers located in Arica with unified model and standards,and are the "Turn Key" projects.These facilities have helped to alleviate the scarcity of medical and health resources and accessibility of residents to health services to some extent,as well as promoting the employment and the living standards of local people.However,due to the lack of guidance and coordination of the overall strategic planning and harmonization of health aid efforts,and the knowledge of partner countries' health systems,emphasis on demand driven and feasibility of infrastructure construction while ignoring the needs assessment and feasibility of functional fulfillment,it's hard to achieve the targeted assistance in China's health facilities aid projects.It was found that it's necessary to make three changes in the futurefrom "infrastructure assistance" to "functional assistance";from "'project assistance" to "program assistance";from a single government official assistance to a combination of official assistance and investment.