Project ID: 92807

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

Commitment amount

$ 3600000.0

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 3600000.0

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Gambia

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2021-12-01

Planned start

2021-12-01

Actual start

2021-12-01

Planned complete

2021-12-01

Actual complete

2021-12-01

Description

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.

Additional details

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

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Gambia [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Gabon [Government Agency]