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Overview

Chinese government donates medical equipment to Philippines in May 2020

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,197,859
Commitment Year2020Country of ActivityPhilippinesDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationPhilippinesSectorHealthFlow TypeGrant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 1, 2020
Start (actual)
May 10, 2020
End (actual)
May 10, 2020

Geospatial footprint

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The project involved the donation of medical equipment to the Philippines, where the medical equipment was dispersed in Manilla. The handover ceremony was held at the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City, Philippines. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/103703.

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 the Philippines

Loan desecription

Chinese government donates medical equipment to Philippines in May 2020

Narrative

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Project narrative

On May 10, 2020, the Chinese government donated medical equipment to the Philippines to further support its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation included 100 ventilators, 150,000 testing kits, 70,000 medical protective suits, 70,000 N95 medical masks, 1.3 million surgical masks, and 70,000 medical protective goggles.

Staff comments

1. AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please seehttps://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/20200417-catalogue-v1.pdf for details.