Overview

PLA donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth USD $1.8 million to Guinea in May 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,659,855

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•GuineaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GuineaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: May 1, 2021

Start (actual): May 30, 2021

End (actual): May 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

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Ministry of Defense of Guinea

Loan description

PLA donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth USD $1.8 million to Guinea in May 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 300,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Guinea. The first batch containing 200,000 donated doses was delivered on March 3, 2021 (see record ID 92971). On May 30, 2021, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China delivered the second batch containing 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth an estimated USD $1.8 million to Guinea’s Ministry of Defence.

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 May 2021 donation as $1.8 million.