Projects
EMAS’ work in China includes China West (two teams), China South (three teams), and China East (two teams). Together, several hundred EMAS volunteers serve on short-term medical trips in the country every year.
China East
In 1986, the Friends of China invited an EMAS team of three participants to visit. A team of 15 returned again in 1987. Since then, at least one team has visited hospitals in eastern China every year.
China West
In 1991, at the request of another international aid agency, an exploratory team visited the region in Northwest China. This was the beginning of an ever-enlarging reach in this area, which now includes a second team which visits a nearby province.
China South
Work in southern China began in 1994 in the province of Yunnan. Three teams in China South now provide medical training, medical and dental care, surgery, post-operative rehabilitation, audiology and psychiatric care within the region.
