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Chinese Government provides SBD 2.5 million grant to purchase Covid-19 testing kits, laboratory equipment, and a qPCR machine in April 2020

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$314,553
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•Solomon IslandsDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Solomon IslandsSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 30, 2020
Start (actual)
Apr 23, 2020
End (actual)
Apr 23, 2020

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This project provides Covid-19 pandemic relief to the Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services, located in Honiara, Solomon Islands. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/271794817.

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

  • Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services

Private Sector

  • BGI Group

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides SBD 2.5 million grant to purchase Covid-19 testing kits, laboratory equipment, and a qPCR machine in April 2020

Narrative

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Project narrative

On April 1, 2020, the Chinese Government agreed to provide the Solomon Islands Government with a SBD 2.5 million ($300,000) grant to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. This grant funds were supposed to be used by the Solomon Islands Government for buying testing kits and other laboratory equipment to strengthen the capacity and capability of the health authorities. A formal handover ceremony for the donation was conducted on April 16, 2020. Covid-19 testing kits, laboratory equipment, and a qPCR machine were purchased from the Beijing Genomic Institution with some of the grant money. However, the supplies did not arrived in Honiara on a special flight operated by Solomon Airline Airbus until April 23, 2020. At the time, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sogavare announced the the Chinese Government would also donated 125,000 pairs of protective gloves (captured via Record ID#90222).

Staff comments

1. Founded in 1999, Beijing Genomic Institution (BGI) is one of the world's leading life science and genomics organizations and its mission is to use genomics to benefit mankind and to be a leader in the field of life sciences. With businesses in more than 100 countries and regions around the world, BGI has established cooperation and partnerships with thousands of different organizations across multi-disciplinary research areas including medical health, resource conservation, and judicial services. At the same time, BGI provides equipment, technical support, and solutions for the needs of national economies and people's livelihoods such as precision medicine and health.