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Overview

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

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,319,710
Commitment Year2021Country of ActivityMozambiqueDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationMozambiqueSectorHealthFlow TypeGrant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 6, 2021
Start (actual)
Aug 6, 2021
End (actual)
Aug 6, 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 Mozambique

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Mozambique

Loan description

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

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On August 6, 2021 the Chinese Government delivered an additional 200,000 donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Mozambique. A handover ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique Wang Hejun, Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago and Deputy Health Minister Lidia Cardoso. The vaccines were produced by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co. Ltd. In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 1.46 million doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Mozambique. A February donation of 200,000 doses is captured by Record ID#95808. A People's Liberation Army donation of vaccines from June is captured in Record ID#95811. An August donation of 200,000 doses is captured in Record ID#95809. A final December donation of 1 million doses is captured in Record ID#95810.

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 $3.6 million.