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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•Guinea-BissauDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Guinea-BissauSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Aug 30, 2021
End (actual)
Aug 30, 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 Guinea-Bissau

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Guinea-Bissau

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, the Chinese Government donated approximately 400,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Guinea-Bissau. The Chinese Government delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Guinea-Bissau on August 30, 2021. Then, on October 4, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Guinea-Bissau via COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) — a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines directed by the GAVI vaccine alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF. The Chinese Government delivered an additional 100,000 donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Guinea-Bissau on January 9, 2021.

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 August 2021 donation as $1.8 million.