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Overview

Chinese Government donates 96 tons of medical supplies to Venezuela for Zika epidemic response

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•VenezuelaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•VenezuelaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2016
Start (actual)
May 28, 2016
End (actual)
May 28, 2016

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

  • Government of Venezuela

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates 96 tons of medical supplies to Venezuela for Zika epidemic response

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In April 2016, the Chinese Government pledged to provide a batch of emergency medical supplies to Venezuela to help it fight the Zika epidemic. Then, on May 28, 2016, the Chinese Government donated 96 tons of medicine to Venezuela to help it address the Zika virus and the Guillain-Barré syndrome, a complication of the Zika virus. The batch included 186,000 units of intravenous fluids and 11,500 vials of immunoglobulin G.

Staff comments

"China vende medicinas a Venezuela para combatir el zika" claims that these medicines were not donated, but sold. However, sources from China and Venezuela ("中国政府向委内瑞拉政府提供寨卡疫情紧急人道主义医疗用品援助"; "Venezuela receives medicine from China for Zika"; and "China dona medicinas para ayudar a Venezuela") indicate that this was a donation.