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Chinese Government donates 4 million Sinovac vaccines to Nepal in March 2022

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$68,034,177
Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•NepalDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•NepalSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 20, 2022
Start (actual)
Mar 26, 2022
End (actual)
Mar 28, 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

  • Nepal Ministry of Health and Population

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 4 million Sinovac vaccines to Nepal in March 2022

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 20, 2022, the Chinese Government and the Government of Nepal signed an agreement for a donation of Sinovac vaccines. On March 26, 2022, the Government of Nepal received 3.5 million doses, and on March 28, 2022, the Government of Nepal received 500,000 doses. The total estimated monetary value of the donation was $72 million. The Kathmandu Post reported in December 2022 that many of the doses might not be used because booster uptake in Nepal was low and the government used vaccines from other sources for the initial doses.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinovac 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 March 2022 donation as $72 million.