China Harbour Engineering Company Limited donates medical supplies to Bangladesh for COVID-19 relief
Commitment amount
$ 50916.59893884152
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 50916.6
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. [State-owned Company]
Recipient
Bangladesh
Sector
Emergency response (Code: 720)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On April 1, 2020, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Limited donated 3,000 COVID-19 test kits, 3,000 PPE, and 20,000 surgical masks to Bangladesh for COVID-19 relief. Habibur Rahman Khan, secretary of Bangladesh's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and Brigadier General Shafiq, director of Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD), a health agency of the Bangladeshi Government, accepted the donation. The purpose of the donation was to assist hospitals in Dhaka in combating the spread of COVID-19. China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) is a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company Ltd.
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
0
Number of total sources
3
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare [Government Agency]
Central Medical Stores Depot [Government Agency]