Overview

Chinese Government donates 300,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses and syringes worth USD 5.4 million in May 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,979,565

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•SenegalDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SenegalSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: May 1, 2021

Start (actual): May 1, 2021

End (actual): May 1, 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 Senegal

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Senegal

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 300,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses and syringes worth USD 5.4 million in May 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On May 14 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 300,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines and 308,000 syringes to the Government of Senegal. The vaccine doses and syringes are worth $5.4 million. The donation was transported from Beijing to Darkar on an Air Senegal flight.

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 $5.4 million.