PLA donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in May 2021
Commitment amount
$ 1800000.0
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 1800000.0
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China [Government Agency]
Recipient
Guinea
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 300,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Guinea. The Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Guinea on March 3, 2021. Then, on May 30, 2021, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to Guinea’s Ministry of Defense.
Additional details
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 May 2021 donation as $1.8 million.
Number of official sources
1
Number of total sources
6
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Ministry of Defense of Guinea [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Ministry of Defense of Guinea [Government Agency]