从1963年4月我国派出第一支医疗队赴阿尔及利亚至今,我国的卫生援外工作开展了整整半个世纪。世界卫生组织总干事陈冯富珍认为,中国的医疗队为提高受援国的医疗水平作出了贡献。援外成果显著据统计,半个世纪以来,中国援外医疗队的足迹遍布亚洲、非洲、拉丁美洲、欧洲和大洋洲等五大洲66个国家和地区,累计派出医务人员1.8万余人次,为超过2亿名患者带来健康和友谊,先后有1000余名医疗队队员获得受援国政府颁发的各种嘉奖,被誉为“来自中国的天使”。 Since April 1963 when China sent its first medical team to Algeria, our country’s work on foreign aid assistance has been going on for half a century. The World Health Organization’s Director-General, Margaret Chan, believes that the Chinese medical team has contributed to improving the medical standard of the recipient countries. According to statistics, for the past half century, China’s foreign medical teams have covered more than 66 countries and regions in five continents including Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Oceania. They have sent more than 18,000 medical personnel to more than 200 million medical personnel. The patients brought health and friendship. There were more than 1,000 medical team members who received various awards from the government of the recipient countries and were hailed as “angels from China”.