Overview

Chinese Government donates 60,400 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.07 million in September 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,002,552

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•KiribatiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•KiribatiSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 1, 2021

Start (actual): Sep 1, 2021

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 Kiribati

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Kiribati

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 60,400 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.07 million in September 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On September 1, 2021, the Chinese Embassy donated 60,400 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to the Government of Kiribati. The vaccines were delivered to the airport in the capital city of Tarawa. A launching ceremony for the vaccines was held on September 3.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine dose is $18 (https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DCD/DAC/STAT(2022)33&docLanguage=En). As such, AidData has estimated the monetary value of the September 2021 donation as $1,087,200. 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.