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Chinese Government donates 702,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses — via COVAX — worth $12.6 million in October 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$11,652,182
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•TogoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•TogoSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Oct 25, 2021
Start (actual)
Oct 18, 2021
End (actual)
Oct 26, 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 Togo

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Togo

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 702,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses — via COVAX — worth $12.6 million in October 2021

Narrative

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Project narrative

On April 23, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Togo. Chinese Ambassador to Togo Chao Weidong and the Togolese Minister of Health Mustafa Mijiyawa received the vaccine doses at Gnassingbe Eyadema International Airport. Then, on August 20, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Togo. On the same day, the Chinese Government donated 702,000 additional doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Togo 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. Then, between October 18 and 26, 2021, the Chinese Government donated 702,000 additional doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Togo via COVAX

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single 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 October 2021 donation as $12,636,000.