Project ID: 93379

Chinese Government donates drugs worth RMB 4.34 million to Myanmar Ministry of Health in April 2020 (Linked to Project ID#90263, #93378)

Commitment amount

$ 702042.8090032169

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 702042.81

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Myanmar

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

2020-04-08

Actual start

2020-04-08

Actual complete

2020-04-08

Description

On April 8, 2020, the Chinese Government officially sent 12 medical experts from Yunnan Province medical institutions to Myanmar to help fight the spread of COVID-19 (see Project ID#93378). During their stay, the team visited 43 medical institutions in Rangoon and Mandalay and held more than 50 exchange activities. For example, they visited Mandalay General Hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine to observe COVID-19 patients and discussed best practices for treating them. The team returned to China two weeks later on April 22, 2020. When the Chinese medical team arrived at Yangon Airport on April 8, 2020, they donated 5.3 tons of medical equipment to the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports which included: 8,500 N95 masks, 60,000 medical masks, 5,500 sets of PPE, and a testing lab (see Project ID#90263). Moreover, the Chinese medical team also donated drugs worth RMB 4,337,334.25 to the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports (see Project ID#93379). Project ID#93378 captures the technical assistance. Project ID#90263 captures the 5.3 tons of donated medical equipment and testing lab. Project ID#93379 captures the drugs worth RMB 4.3 million.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

7

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports [Government Agency]