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Chinese Government donates 4 million Sinovac vaccines to Nepal in March 2022

$72M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Nepal Ministry of Health and Population
Country	Nepal
Start Date	Mar 20, 2022
End Date	Mar 08, 2029
Duration	2,545 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`102134`

Grant Description

On March 20, 2022, the Chinese Government and the Government of Nepal signed an agreement for a donation of Sinovac vaccines.

On March 26, 2022, the Government of Nepal received 3.5 million doses, and on March 28, 2022, the Government of Nepal received 500,000 doses. The total estimated monetary value of the donation was $72 million.

The Kathmandu Post reported in December 2022 that many of the doses might not be used because booster uptake in Nepal was low and the government used vaccines from other sources for the initial doses.

📋 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 March 2022 donation as $72 million.

📚 Sources & References

Nepal and China sign nine agreements
DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics
Nepal receives 4 million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine
Four million doses of China-donated vaccines may never be used, “We remain grateful to China’s generous support of life-saving vaccines during Covid Pandemic:” PM Dahal 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.