Overview

China grants WHO USD$500,000 for emergency humanitarian aid in Syria

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$545,361

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•Syrian Arab RepublicSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 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

Loan description

China grants WHO USD$500,000 for emergency humanitarian aid in Syria

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On November 11, 2016, the Government of China granted the World Health Organization USD$500,000 to provide emergency humanitarian aid to Syria. This funding was dedicated to enhancing access to secondary health care, comprehensive obstetric care, and referral services across the country. The aid represents a part of the contributed to the 2016 Syria Humanitarian Response Plan (UN project code SYR-16/H/88477/122). The plan requested USD$3.19bn for the implementation of its plan, but only USD$1.75bn was raised by member states in the usage year of 2016. This project is captured by UNOCHA flow #151574.