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Overview

Chinese Government donates 500,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $9 million in August 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$8,299,275
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•IraqDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•IraqSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 12, 2021
Start (actual)
Aug 12, 2021
End (actual)
Aug 12, 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

  • Iraq Ministry of Health

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 500,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $9 million in August 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 750,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iraq. The Chinese Government delivered 50,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iraq on March 2, 2021. Then, on April 11, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iraq. The Chinese Government delivered an additional 500,000 donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Iraq in August 2021. Then, in October 2021, the Chinese Government donated another batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines (including an unknown number of doses) to the Government of Iraq.

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 August 2021 donation as $9 million.