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Overview

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in August 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,659,855
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•ZambiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ZambiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 9, 2021
Start (actual)
Aug 9, 2021
End (actual)
Aug 9, 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 Zambia

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in August 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 600,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Zambia. The Chinese Government delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Zambia on May 31, 2021. Then, on August 9, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines as well as 102,400 syringes to the Government of Zambia. Li Jie, the Chinese Ambassador to Zambia, attended the vaccine handover ceremony and delivered a speech. The aid package was meant to help the Government of Zambia combat its third wave of COVID-19. The Chinese Government delivered an additional 400,000 donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Zambia on January 24, 2022.

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 May 2021 donation as $1.8 million.