Overview

Chinese Government donates 400,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $7.2 million in September 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$6,639,420

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Burkina FasoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Burkina FasoSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 18, 2021

End (actual): Sep 18, 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 Burkina Faso

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Burkina Faso

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 400,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $7.2 million in September 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On September 18, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 400,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Burkina Faso. The vaccine handover ceremony was attended by China’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Li Jian, other Chinese embassy personnel, Ministerial Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso Clarisse Uoba, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Health Emmanuel Solgo, UN coordinator in Burkina Faso Manzi, and World Health Organization representative in Burkina Faso Alimata.

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 September 2021 donation as $7.2 million.