Overview

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in August 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,659,855

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•South SudanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•South SudanSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2021

Start (actual): Aug 1, 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 South Sudan

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of South Sudan

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in August 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In August 2021, the Government of South Sudan announced that the Chinese Government was in the process of transporting 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to Juba. The date on which this batch of vaccines was delivered is unknown.

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 $1.8 million.