Chinese Government donates 1 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Peruvian Ministry of Health in November 2021
Commitment amount
$ 18000000.0
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 18000000.0
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Peru
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
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.
Additional details
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Number of official sources
4
Number of total sources
7
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Peru Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud) (MINSA) [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (Sinopharm) [State-owned Company]