NANNINGleaderboardarcade, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Two medical teams departed Nanning, capital city of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Saturday for medical aid missions in Niger and the Comoros, respectively.

Among the 41 medical professionals selected from 12 hospitals in the region, 30 will work in Niger, while others are bound for the Comoros. They will work in the African nations for one and a half years.

Guangxi has been dispatching medical teams to Niger since 1976 and to the Comoros since 1994. So far, 726 medical personnel in 23 teams have provided medical services to more than 1.71 million people in Niger.

A total of 161 medical workers have provided services to over 624,000 local residents in the Comoros.■