Chinese Government donates 250,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $4.5 million in February 2021
Commitment amount
$ 4500000.0
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 4500000.0
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Iran
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
The Chinese Government delivered 250,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iran on February 28, 2021. Then, on April 15, 2021, the Chinese Red Cross Society delivered 400,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iran’s Ministry of Health (see project ID#95728). The Chinese Government delivered two additional batches of donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Iran in August 2021. The first batch consisted of 700,000 doses (see project ID#95729) and the second batch consisted of 1,550,000 doses (see project ID#95730).
Additional details
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 February 2021 donation as $4.5 million.
Number of official sources
1
Number of total sources
5
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Iran [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Government of Iran [Government Agency]