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Overview

Chinese Government donates 800,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $14.4 million in December 2021 (Linked to Record ID#94564 and 94619)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$13,278,840
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•AfghanistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•AfghanistanSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Dec 8, 2021
End (actual)
Dec 8, 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 Afghanistan

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Afghanistan

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates 800,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $14.4 million in December 2021 (Linked to Record ID#94564 and 94619)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 1,700,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan. The Chinese Government delivered 700,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan on June 10, 2021 (as captured via Record ID#94564). Then, on December 8, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 800,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan (as captured via Record ID#94565). One day later, on December 9, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan (as captured via Record ID#94619).

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 December 8, 2021 donation as $14.4 million.