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Chinese Government donates 150,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $2.7 million in April 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$2,489,782
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•AzerbaijanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•AzerbaijanSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Apr 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Apr 24, 2021
End (actual)
Apr 24, 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 Azerbaijan

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Azerbaijan

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 150,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $2.7 million in April 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 24, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 150,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Azerbaijan. A handover ceremony was held for this donation on April 27, 2021 at the Ministry of Health in Azerbaijan. China’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Guo Min, the Deputy Minister of Health of Azerbaijan, the Director of the International Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Health, officials from the National Compulsory Medical Insurance Administration, and members of the Local Medical Institutions Supervision Bureau attended the ceremony. Ambassador Guo Min and the Deputy Minister of Health of Azerbaijan jointly signed the handover certificate at the ceremony. The donation was announced by the Chinese Ambassador to Azerbaijan on April 1, 2021

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 April 2021 donation as $2.7 million.