Overview

Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 doses worth $3.6 million in December 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,319,710

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•GambiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GambiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Dec 1, 2021

Start (planned): Dec 1, 2021

Start (actual): Dec 1, 2021

End (planned): Dec 1, 2021

End (actual): Dec 1, 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

Government of Gambia

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Gabon

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 doses worth $3.6 million in December 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On December 1, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of The Gambia. China’s Ambassador to The Gambia, Ma Jianchun, and Gambia Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Mamadou Tangara, went to Banjul International Airport to receive the vaccines and attend the handover ceremony.

Staff comments

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 December 2021 donation as $3.6 million