Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-16

China's 12th Military Medical Expert Group to Aid Ethiopia Departs

中国第12批援埃塞俄比亚军医专家组出征

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Source-stated publication date	2026-05-16
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中国第12批援埃塞俄比亚军医专家组出征 5月15日，陆军军医大学为专家组举行出征仪式。魏红平摄解放军报讯黄琪奥、记者朱柏妍报道：5月16日凌晨，中国第12批援埃塞俄比亚军医专家组出征，前往埃塞首都亚的斯亚贝巴执行为期1年的医疗援助任务。此次出征的专家组共13名军队医疗专家，由陆军军医大学第一附属医院牵头抽组。专家涵盖骨科、感染病科、眼科、呼吸内科、泌尿外科、普通外科、中医科等多个专业领域，均具备深厚的理论功底和丰富的临床实践经验。执行任务期间，专家组将根据埃塞的医疗需求和实际情况，围绕临床诊疗、人员培训和技术帮带等方面开展工作，持续提升埃塞军队总医院医疗保障能力，推动埃塞国防军高技术医院新技术、新业务的开展，为当地医疗卫生事业发展提供支撑。 2015年以来，陆军军医大学已累计选派100余名医疗专家赴埃塞执行医疗援助任务。广大医疗专家以仁心仁术守护当地军民健康，以精湛医术和高尚医德赢得高度赞誉，以务实行动深化中埃塞传统友谊，擦亮了中国军队援外医疗的“金字招牌”，是中国军队践行国际人道主义精神、服务构建人类卫生健康共同体的有力见证。

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The PLA's 12th Military Medical Expert Group to Aid Ethiopia—13 specialists drawn from the First Affiliated Hospital of the Army Medical University—departed for Addis Ababa on May 16 for a one-year mission focused on clinical care, training, and technical assistance at the Ethiopian Military General Hospital and the Ethiopian National Defense Force's high-technology hospital. The deployment is the latest iteration of a program running continuously since 2015, through which the Army Medical University has embedded over 100 military medical personnel in Ethiopia, making this a well-institutionalized military-to-military engagement rather than a novel initiative. The mission is useful as evidence of the PLA's sustained effort to build defense health partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa and to project soft power through military medical diplomacy under the 'community of human health' framework.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "中国第12批援埃塞俄比亚军医专家组出征." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-05-16. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16461377.html.

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