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Overview

China donates COVID aid to Sierra Leone in November 2020

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,216,547
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 24, 2020
End (actual)
Nov 24, 2020

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

  • Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Sierra Leone

Loan description

China donates COVID aid to Sierra Leone in November 2020

Narrative

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Project narrative

On November 24, 2020, the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone held a handover ceremony for a batch of COVID aid donated to Sierra Leone. This round of donations included 20,016 testing kits, 4,000 KN95 respirators, 50,000 surgical masks, 1,000 PPEs, 2,000 disposable isolation gowns, 1,000 medical shoe covers, 100 forehead thermometer guns, 35 ventilators, 35 oxy-generators and related accessories. The handover ceremony was attended by Ambassador Hu Zhangliang and senior officials from Sierra Leone, including the Minister of Defense, General Coordinator of the National New Crown Epidemic Emergency Command Center, Deputy Minister of Defense, Vice Minister of Health, and the General Staff of the Armed Forces Cisse.

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.