Overview

Chinese embassy hands over medical supplies to Rwanda Ministry of Health for the fight against Covid-19 in September 2020 (linked to Record ID#92419)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$69,394

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•RwandaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•RwandaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 22, 2020

End (actual): Sep 22, 2020

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

Rwanda Ministry of Health

Loan description

Chinese embassy hands over medical supplies to Rwanda Ministry of Health for the fight against Covid-19 in September 2020 (linked to Record ID#92419)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On September 22, 2020, the Chinese Embassy in Rwanda handed over the second of medical supplies donated by the Chinese Government to the Ministry of Health of Rwanda. The first donation was received on April 26, 2020. In April, it was planned that this donation would consist of 5,000 medical preventive suits, 10,000 N95 face masks, 100,000 surgical masks, and 3000 medical eye shields. The handover ceremony took place at the Medical Purchasing and Production Department (MPCC) warehouse of the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) in Kigali. Wang Jiaxin, the Commercial Counselor of the Embassy, and Zacharie Iyakaremye, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health of Rwanda, attended the ceremony.

Staff comments

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