Overview

China donates 500,000 vaccine doses and 502,400 syringes to Senegal Ministry of Health and Social Action in November 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$8,299,275

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•SenegalDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SenegalSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Nov 1, 2021

Start (actual): Nov 5, 2021

End (actual): Nov 5, 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

Senegal Ministry of Health and Social Action

Loan description

China donates 500,000 vaccine doses and 502,400 syringes to Senegal Ministry of Health and Social Action in November 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On November 5, 2021, the Department of Prevention within Senegal's Ministry of Health and Social Action received 500,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses and 502,400 syringes from China. This donation was given as a part of the #Covax Initiative.

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 November 2021 donation as $9 million.