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Overview

CIDCA donates fourth batch of medical supplies worth LKR 2 billion to Government of Sri Lanka in December 2022

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$5,825,642
Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•Sri LankaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sri LankaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Apr 19, 2022
Start (actual)
Dec 6, 2022
End (actual)
Dec 6, 2022

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

  • China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Sri Lanka

Loan description

CIDCA donates fourth batch of medical supplies worth LKR 2 billion to Government of Sri Lanka in December 2022

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On December 6, 2022, a medical shipment from the Chinese Government arrived in Colombo. The donated materials included 8 million infusion sets, 1.2 million vials of omeprazole sodium for injection, 1 million capecitabine tablets, 612,720 PF. syringes of enoxaparin sodium injection, 240,000 bottles of sodium valproate tablets, and 100,800 ampoules of heparin sodium injection. The shipment arrived in 24 containers (16,000 boxes), with a total weight over 255 metric tonnes. The donated materials were worth LKR 2 billion. This project is part of CIDCA's 500 million RMB humanitarian package to Sri Lanka committed in May 2022 (Record ID#98982). The first batch was donated to Sri Lanka in June 2022 (Record ID#99009); the second batch was donated in September 2022 (Record ID#99245); the third batch was donated in October 2022 (Record ID#100331); the fourth batch was donated in December 2022 (Record ID#98717); the final batch was donated in January 2023 (Record ID#108044).

Staff comments

1. Although the original currency denomination for this grant is in RMB, AidData codes this donation with Sri Lankan Rupees as that was the currency reported by the Chinese Embassy.