Project ID: 95118

China donates emergency medical supplies to Bangladesh for COVID-19 relief in March 2020

Commitment amount

$ 157250.64993614575

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 157250.65

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Bangladesh

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

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

2020-03-01

Actual start

2020-03-26

Actual complete

2020-03-26

Description

On March 26, 2020, the Chinese government donated emergency medical supplies to the government of Bangladesh. The donation consisted of 15,000 surgical masks, 10,000 COVID-19 test kits, 10,000 items of personal protective equipment (PPE), and 1,000 thermometers. The purpose of the donation was to assist Bangladesh in its fight against COVID-19. The Bangladeshi Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Bangladeshi Ministry of Foreign Affairs were present to receive the donation. The monetary value of the donation is unknown.

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

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare [Government Agency]

Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs [Government Agency]