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Table 1 Signed cooperation documents on public health between PICs and China

From: Belt and road initiative and healthy silk road: an alternative path for Pacific island countries to participate in global public health governance

Year

Country/Territory

Signed documents

Scopes

1993

Vanuatu

Agreement on China sending a medical team to Work in Vanuatu

Dispatch medical team

1996

Marshall

Agreement on China’s dispatch of a medical team to Marshall

Dispatch medical team

2002

Papua New Guinea

Agreement on The Dispatch of Chinese Medical Teams to Work in Papua New Guinea

Dispatch medical team

2002

Fiji

Agreement on the Employment of Chinese Doctors by the Government of Fiji

Fiji's government employs Chinese medical personnel

2003

Vanuatu

Cooperation Agreement on Animal quarantine and Animal Health

To prevent the cross-border spread of animal-borne infectious diseases

2003

Vanuatu

Cooperation Agreement on Plant quarantine

Prevent the spread of organisms harmful to plants and plant products

2003

New Zealand

Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Food Safety Science and Technology

Scientific and technological cooperation in the field of food safety and food standards

2005

Papua New Guinea

Memorandum of Understanding on Entry-exit animal and Plant Quarantine and Food Safety Cooperation

Measures for the administration of entry and exit of animals and plants

2006

Papua New Guinea

Agreement on China sending a medical team to Work in Papua New Guinea

Dispatch medical team

2007

New Zealand

Agreement on health Cooperation

To jointly improve public health undertakings and to promote exchanges between medical institutions and personnel