Overview

Chinese government donates batch of COVID-19 testing reagents to Sierra Leone in 2022

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$639,994

Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 3, 2022

Start (actual): Mar 3, 2022

End (actual): Mar 3, 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

Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation

Loan description

Chinese government donates batch of COVID-19 testing reagents to Sierra Leone in 2022

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 3, 2022, the Chinese government donated 60,000 COVID-19 nucleic acid diagnostic kits, 60,000 disposable virus sampling kits, 60,000 nucleic acid extraction kits, 2 automated nucleic acid extractors, and 50,000 COVID-19 antigen rapid detection kits to Sierra Leone. This is part of a multitude of donations of COVID-19 supplies from the Chinese government to improve Sierra Leone's response to the pandemic.

Staff comments

1. AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.