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Overview

Chinese Government donates 50,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses to Lebanese Health Ministry worth $900,000 in April 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$829,927
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•LebanonDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LebanonSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Apr 6, 2021
Start (actual)
Apr 6, 2021
End (actual)
Apr 6, 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

  • Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Lebanon Ministry of Public Health

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Lebanon Ministry of Public Health

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 50,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses to Lebanese Health Ministry worth $900,000 in April 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 6, 2021, the Chinese Embassy in Lebanon delivered 50,000 donated doses Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Lebanon’s Ministry of Health (captured via Record ID#94246) and 40,000 donated doses Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Lebanese Army (captured via Record ID#94247). The vaccine delivery ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador Wang Keijian, Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hassan, Major General Elias Shamia, General Joseph Aoun, and Director of Protocol at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Ambassador Abeer Ali. Then, on November 29, 2021, the Chinese Embassy in Lebanon donated a second batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, consisting of 300,000 doses, to the Government of Lebanon (captured via Record ID#94244). The vaccine handover ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador Qian Minion and Lebanese Minister of Public Health Dr. Firas Al-Abyad.

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 April 6, 2021 donation as $900,000.