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Overview

Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in April 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,319,710
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•CameroonDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CameroonSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Apr 11, 2021
End (actual)
Apr 11, 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 Cameroon

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Cameroon

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in April 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 1.2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cameroon. The Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cameroon on April 11, 2021. Then, on December 14, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 1 million donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cameroon.

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 April 2021 donation as $3.6 million.