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Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in April 2022

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,659,855
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•VanuatuDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•VanuatuSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jun 7, 2021
End (actual)
Apr 23, 2022

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

  • Vanuatu Ministry of Health

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in April 2022

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 200,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Vanuatu. The Chinese Government delivered 20,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Vanuatu on June 7, 2021. The plane that brought the vaccines to Vanuatu was the first two-way direct passenger flight between Vanuatu and China in the history of their relations. Then, on November 7, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 80,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines and 80,000 syringes to the Government of Vanuatu. The Chinese Government delivered an additional 100,000 donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses, 102,400 syringes and 10,000 rapid antigen detection reagants to the Government of Vanuatu on April 23, 2022. This donation aimed to help Vanuatu combat outbreaks of community transmissions through the country.

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 April 2022 donation as $1.8 million.