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Chinese Government donates 300,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses worth $5.4 million in October 2022

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$5,102,563
Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•MaliDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MaliSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2022
Start (actual)
Oct 27, 2022
End (actual)
Oct 27, 2022

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 Mali

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 300,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses worth $5.4 million in October 2022

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On October 4, 2021, the Chinese Government donated 835,200 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Mali via COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) — a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines directed by the GAVI vaccine alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF. Then, on January 26, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered 300,000 donated doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Mali. Then, on October 27, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered 300,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Mali. The monetary value of the January 2022 donation is an estimated $5.4 million. A handover ceremony was held for the vaccine donation in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Chinese Ambassador to Mali Chen Zhihong and Malian Minister of Health and Social Development Dieminatou Sangare attended the ceremony.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinovac 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 October 2022 donation as $5.4 million.