Overview

China Harbour Engineering Company Limited donates medical supplies to Bangladesh for COVID-19 relief

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$47,037

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•BangladeshDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BangladeshSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Apr 1, 2020

Start (actual): Apr 1, 2020

End (actual): Apr 1, 2020

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. (CHEC)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Central Medical Stores Depot

Loan description

China Harbour Engineering Company Limited donates medical supplies to Bangladesh for COVID-19 relief

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.

Staff comments

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.