Project ID: 93028

Chinese Government donates 470,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $8.46 million in July 2021

Commitment amount

$ 8460000.0

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 8460000.0

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Nigeria

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

2021-07-23

Actual start

2021-07-23

Actual complete

2021-07-23

Description

On July 23, 2021, the Chinese Government donated 470,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Nigeria. The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, made the donation to the Nigerian Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, in Abuja, Nigeria. The donation came after the Government of Nigeria had to stop administering vaccines on July 8, 2021 due to a lack of vaccine supply

Additional details

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm or Sinovac 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 July 2021 donation as $8.46 million.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Nigeria [Government Agency]