Project ID: 97245

China Meheco donates 500,000 masks to Venezuela in January 2021

Commitment amount

$ 741500.0

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 741500.0

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Medical and Health Industry Co., Ltd. (Meheco) [State-owned Company]

Recipient

Venezuela

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

2021-01-08

Actual start

2021-01-08

Actual complete

2021-01-08

Description

On January 8, 2021, China Meheco, a Chinese pharmaceutical company and subsidiary of China General Technology Group, donates 500,000 KN95 masks to Venezuela. The purpose of this donation is to support Venezuela's COVID-19 response efforts. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. A handover ceremony was held for this donation. The Venezuelan Ambassador to China, Félix Plasencia, attended the ceremony in Guangzhou.

Additional details

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.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Venezuela [Government Agency]