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Chinese Government donates 500,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $9 million in October 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$8,299,275
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•BurundiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BurundiSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Oct 14, 2021
End (actual)
Oct 14, 2021

Geospatial footprint

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The vaccine handover ceremony took place at the office of the Extended Vaccination Program in Mukaza district in the commercial capital Bujumbura. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5810460940.

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

  • Government of Burundi

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Burundi

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates 500,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $9 million in October 2021

Narrative

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Project narrative

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.

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 October 2021 donation as $9 million.