BENIN-HEALTH-MALARIA-VACCINE

BENIN-HEALTH-MALARIA-VACCINE

(240116) -- COTONOU, Jan. 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Beninese Minister of Health Benjamin Hounkpatin (2nd L) attends a handover ceremony for malaria vaccine at Cotonou International Airport in Cotonou, Benin, Jan. 15, 2024. The Beninese government received 215,900 doses of malaria vaccine at Cotonou International Airport on Monday and will begin administering them in the coming months. Malaria remains endemic in Benin and is the leading cause of death among children under 5, accounting for 40 percent of outpatient consultations and 25 percent of all hospital admissions in the country. TO GO WITH "Benin receives 215,900 doses of malaria vaccine" (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

(231115) -- COTONOU, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao (R) and Beninese Health Minister Benjamin Hounkpatin attend the launching ceremony of project "Marche vers la lumière" at Benin Ministry of Health in Cotonou, Benin, Nov. 14, 2023. A Chinese medical team of ophthalmologists from China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region launched a project to provide free cataract surgeries in Benin on Tuesday. The project, launched in the country's southern city of Cotonou, is one of the outcomes of Beninese President Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon's visit to China in September and aims to implement the bilateral cooperation documents signed between the two countries in health care. Under the project named "Marche vers la lumière" (Walk towards Light), the six-member Chinese ophthalmology medical team will carry out free surgeries for 200 cataract patients in the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Benin's southwestern city of Lokossa. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

BENIN-COTONOU-COVID-19-VACCINE

BENIN-COTONOU-COVID-19-VACCINE

(220113) -- COTONOU, Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao (R) and Beninese Health Minister Benjamin Hounkpatin sign the handover document for the donation of the second batch of Sinovac vaccines and units of syringes offered by Chinese government, in Cotonou, Benin, Jan. 12, 2022. Benin on Wednesday received a second batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines as well as syringe units donated by the Chinese government. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

BENIN-COTONOU-COVID-19-VACCINE

BENIN-COTONOU-COVID-19-VACCINE

(220113) -- COTONOU, Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao (R) and Beninese Health Minister Benjamin Hounkpatin exchange documents for the donation of the second batch of Sinovac vaccines and units of syringes offered by Chinese government, in Cotonou, Benin, Jan. 12, 2022. Benin on Wednesday received a second batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines as well as syringe units donated by the Chinese government. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)