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Overview

CIDCA donates second batch of emergency medicine worth approximately RMB 12.5 million in September 2022

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,755,050
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)
Sep 23, 2022
End (actual)
Sep 26, 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

  • Sri Lanka Ministry of Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine

Loan description

CIDCA donates second batch of emergency medicine worth approximately RMB 12.5 million in September 2022

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On September 23, 2022, the second batch of emergency medicine arrived in Sri Lanka at the Bandaranaike International Airport. The shipment included 100,000 tubes of human erythropoietin injection, 270,000 tubes of freeze-dried human rabies vaccine (Vero cells), 4,500 bottles of fat emulsion injection (C14~24), 2,400 boxes of Pemetrexed disodium for injection (100mg), and 1,520 boxes of pemetrexed disodium for injection (500mg). Altogether these medicines are valued at around RMB 12.5 million. On September 26, 2022, the Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong and Sri Lankan Health Minister Rambukweera held a handover ceremony for the medical aid. 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).