Project ID: 96407

Gansu province donates 9,000 boxes of traditional Chinese medicine granules to Thailand in August 2021

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Gansu Provincial Government [Government Agency]

Recipient

Thailand

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2021-08-11

Description

On August 11, 2021, the Gansu Province of China sent 9,000 boxes of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) granules in order to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Gansu is a major TCM production base in China and has a long history of growing herbs used in the Chinese system of medicine. The Gansu University of Chinese Medicine is prominent producer and supported this shipment. The type of TCM that made up this donation is said to prevent mild COVID-19 cases from becoming severe ones. It is unclear exactly what type of medicine this was, or the monetary value of this donation.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Thailand Ministry of Public Health [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine [Government Agency]