Chinese Government provides COVID-19 vaccines to Niger in August 2022

$7.2M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Niger
Country	Niger
Start Date	Aug 15, 2022
End Date	Nov 15, 2028
Duration	2,284 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`100377`

Grant Description

On August 15, 2022, the Chinese Government provided 400,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Niger. The vaccines were delivered to Niamey, the capital of Niger.

Jiang Feng, China's Ambassador to Niger, Tongni Minister of Culture, Tourism and Handicrafts, Hamid (Minister of Health of Deni), and Omaru, Executive Manager of the Nur Foundation founded by the wife of the President of Niger, attended the delivery ceremony at the airport. The estimated monetary value of this donation is $7,200,000 USD.

📋 Staff Comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine dose is $18 (https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DCD/DAC/STAT(2022)33&docLanguage=En). As such, AidData has estimated the monetary value of the August 2022 donation as $7.2 million.

📚 Sources & References

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