Project ID: 89244

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

Commitment amount

$ 1087200.0

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 1087200.0

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Kiribati

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

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

2021-09-01

Actual start

2021-09-01

Description

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.

Additional details

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.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

7

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Kiribati [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Kiribati [Government Agency]