Overview

China donates 1 million RMB worth of medicine to Papua New Guinea to fight malaria

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$235,377

Commitment Year•2006Country of Activity•Papua New GuineaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2006

Start (actual): Jun 4, 2007

End (actual): Jun 4, 2007

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

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Papua New Guinea

Loan description

China donates 1 million RMB worth of medicine to Papua New Guinea to fight malaria

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2006, according to the Lowy Institute source, the Chinese government committed 1 million RMB (approx. $100,000 USD) to purchase anti-malaria medicine for Papua New Guinea. On June 4, 2007, Chinese Ambassador Wei Ruixing attended the handover ceremony of the donation of 1 million RMB worth of anti-malaria drugs to Papua New Guinea. On behalf of the Chinese government and representatives of the Papua New Guinea government, the Papua New Guinea Ministry of Health, Peter Bart, signed the transfer certificate.