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Overview

Chinese Government donates 300,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $5.4 million in August 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,979,565
Commitment Year2021Country of ActivityBoliviaDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationBoliviaSectorHealthFlow TypeGrant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Aug 17, 2021
End (actual)
Aug 17, 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 Bolivia

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Bolivia

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 300,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $5.4 million in August 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 3.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bolivia. A cooperation agreement was signed between China National Pharmaceutical Group and the Government of Bolivia on February 11, 2021. The Chinese Government delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bolivia on February 24, 2021. Then, on March 30, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bolivia. Then, on August 17, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 300,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bolivia. Of these 300,000, 200,000 will be administered to the civilian population defined by the Ministry of Health and 100,000 will be for the active and passive Army of the Bolivian Armed Forces. 300,000 syringes were also donated. Then, on December 26, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 3.5 million donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bolivia.

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 August 2021 donation as $5.4 million.