Chinese Government donates 500,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $9 million in October 2021
Commitment amount
$ 9000000.0
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 9000000.0
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Burundi
Sector
Emergency response (Code: 720)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On October 14, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 500,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Burundi. The vaccine handover ceremony took place Thursday at the office of the Extended Vaccination Program in Mukaza district in the commercial capital Bujumbura. Chinese Ambassador to Burundi Zhao Jiangping and Burundian officials including Health Minister Thaddee Ndikumana attended the ceremony.
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 October 2021 donation as $9 million.
Number of official sources
3
Number of total sources
5
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Burundi [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Government of Burundi [Government Agency]