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Overview

Chinese Government donates medical supplies to the Bolivian government in January 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$424,222
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•BoliviaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BoliviaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 26, 2021
Start (actual)
Jan 26, 2021
End (actual)
Jan 26, 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

  • Bolivian Ministry of Health

Loan description

Chinese Government donates medical supplies to the Bolivian government in January 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On January 26th, 2021, Huang Yazhong, the Chinese ambassador to Bolivia, attended a donation ceremony for medical supplies by the Chinese government to the Bolivian government together with Bolivian Minister of Health Jeyson Auza, Vice Minister of Health Insurance and Management of the Unified Health System, Alejandra Hidalgo Ugarte, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of Trade and Integration Affairs Benjamín Blanco. This batch of medical supplies includes 10 VG70 model respirators to be installed in Intensive Care Units, 4 ShangriLa 510S model respirators used for patient transfer and first aid, and 53 thousand units of rapid antibody tests, which will be used for the early detection of Covid-19.

Staff comments

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.