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Government of Shanghai provides a donation of protective equipment in May 2020 to Yangon Province to fight the COVID-19 epidemic

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$15,476
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•MyanmarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MyanmarSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 15, 2020
End (actual)
May 15, 2020

Geospatial footprint

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The handover ceremony was held at Yangon City Hall in Yangon, Myanmar. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6004094.

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

  • Shanghai Municipal Government

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Yangon Regional Government

Loan description

Government of Shanghai provides a donation of protective equipment in May 2020 to Yangon Province to fight the COVID-19 epidemic

Narrative

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Project narrative

On May 15, 2020, the government of Shanghai provided a donation of 3,000 N95 and 20,0000 KN95 masks as well as 750 protective suits to the Yangon Province of Myanmar. Representatives of the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar as well as government officials from the government of Yangon Province attended the handover ceremony. At the ceremony, the representative from the Yangon province described Shanghai and Yangon's relationship as "sister cities".

Staff comments

1. The monetary value of the donated goods is unknown. 2. Guangxi Zhang Autonomous Region (see Record ID#90336) and various state-owned enterprises also donated on May 15, 2020. 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.