Project ID: 71140

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

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Venezuela

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2016-01-01

Actual start

2016-05-28

Actual complete

2016-05-28

Description

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.

Additional details

"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.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

9

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Venezuela [Government Agency]