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Chinese Government donates 1 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Peruvian Ministry of Health in November 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$16,598,549
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•PeruDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PeruSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 18, 2021
Start (actual)
Nov 18, 2021
End (actual)
Nov 18, 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

  • Peru Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud) (MINSA)

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (Sinopharm)

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 1 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Peruvian Ministry of Health in November 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On November 18, 2021, the Chinese Government donated 1 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 to the Peruvian Ministry of Health. This batch of vaccines was donated to support Peru’s vaccination operations and was manufactured by Sinopharm. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. A handover ceremony was held for this donation. China’s Ambassador to Peru, Liang Yu, attended the ceremony and handed over the vaccines to the Peruvian Minister of Health. The Deputy Minister of Health, Director of the Department of Technical Cooperation, Director of the National Medical Strategic Resource Supply Center, Director of the Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ping Shan, and Chinese Economic and Commercial Counselor Zhao Chunjiang also attended the ceremony. Following the vaccine handover, Ambassador Liang Yu and the Peruvian Minister of Health signed the handover certificate.

Staff comments

AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.