Overview

Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses worth USD $3.6 million in September 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,319,710

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•KenyaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•KenyaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 18, 2021

Start (actual): Sep 18, 2021

End (actual): Sep 18, 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 Kenya

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Kenya

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses worth USD $3.6 million in September 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On September 18, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Kenya. This donation was made to support Kenya’s COVID-19 response efforts. The monetary value of this donation is USD $3.6 million. Susan Mochache, the Principal Secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Health, and Zhang Yijun, the Minister Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Kenya, attended the vaccine handover ceremony at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

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 September 2021 donation as $3.6 million.