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Chinese Government Provides the third batch of Anti-COVID-19 supplies to Vanuatu

$1.89M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Vanuatu
Country	Vanuatu
Start Date	Apr 23, 2022
End Date	Aug 09, 2032
Duration	3,761 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`100744`

Grant Description

On April 23, 2022, the third batch of COVID-19 inactivated vaccines and other materials provided by the Chinese government to Vanuatu arrived in Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu.

Ambassador to Vanuatu Zhou Haicheng and Director-General of the Ministry of Health Tamata went to the airport to receive the relevant supplies. This batch includes 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 102,400 syringes, and 10,000 rapid antigen test reagents. The accurate monetary value of the donation is unknown.

AidData estimates amount is calculated based on the market price of the supply when the donation is implemented.

📋 Staff Comments

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.
According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine dose is $18 (https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DCD/DAC/STAT(2022)33&docLanguage=En).

📚 Sources & References

The Chinese government assists Vanuatu with the third batch of COVID-19 inactivated vaccines and other supplies in April 2022
Vanuatu receives more COVID vaccines from China Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.

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