Overview

Chinese Government donates 1,000,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $18 million in April 2022

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$17,008,544

Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•MauritaniaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MauritaniaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Apr 20, 2022

Start (actual): Apr 20, 2022

End (actual): Apr 20, 2022

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Mauritania Ministry of Health

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 1,000,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $18 million in April 2022

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 20, 2022, Mauritanian Minister of Health, Mokhtar Ould Dahi, received a new batch of one million Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines from the People’s Republic of China at Nouakchott International Airport. The donation is the 5th batch of its kind and aims to help Mauritania vaccinate as many of its citizens as possible.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine dose is $18 (https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DCD/DAC/STAT(2022)33&docLanguage=En). As such, AidData has estimated the monetary value of the April 2022 donation as $18 million.