Project ID: 94825

Chinese government provides medical supplies to Syria in April 2020

Commitment amount

$ 21907.517250990455

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 21907.52

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Syria

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2020-04-16

Actual start

2020-04-16

Actual complete

2020-04-16

Description

On April 16, 2020, the Chinese government donated two boxes of medical supplies to Syria. The supplies included 2,016 COVID-19 testing kits and other medical supplies that will be used to improve COVID-19 response efforts in Syria. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. A handover ceremony was held for this donation at the Damascus International Airport. China’s Ambassador to Syria, Feng Biao, and various Syrian officials attended the ceremony. This donation was noted by the Chinese Embassy to be the first in a series of promised pandemic supplies donations.

Additional details

AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Syria [Government Agency]