China donates anti-Ebola medical materials worth 10 million Yuan to Sierra Leone in August 2014 (Linked to Record ID#43867, #44754, #45062)

In August 2014, China pledged to provide emergency humanitarian aid worth 30 million yuan (4.9 million U.S. dollars) in aid to Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea to help fight the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa. On August 8, 2014, Mr.

Xu Zhou, spokesman of the Chinese Embassy, announced that China will add a batch of medical materials valued at RMB 10,000,000 Yuan (equally 1,626,000 USD) to support the Government of Sierra Leone in the prevention and control of Ebola.

This new batch of medical materials was scheduled to be airlifted to Sierra Leone early the next week by a China chartered cargo airplane.

On August 11, 2014, a Boeing 747 airplane carrying China-aided emergency humanitarian anti-Ebola medical materials arrived at Lungi International Airport.

This batch of medical materials worth 10 million RMB mainly included personal protective equipments, disinfectants, stretchers, thermometers, patient monitors, sprays, and medicines.

On August 11, 2014, the aid was sent to the three countries (see Record ID#44754 for 10 million yuan aid to Guinea and Record ID#45062 for 10 million yuan aid to Liberia).

On August 12, 2014, Zhao Yanbo, Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, and Foday Sawi Lahai, Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation of Sierra Leone, signed the handover certificates for the donation. This project is completed and is captured in UNOCHA Financial Tracking Service as Flow ID #118611.

This is the second batch of emergency humanitarian anti-Ebola medical materials provided by China: in late April, the Chinese government provided the first batch of medical materials valued at RMB 1 million Yuan (163,000 USD) to support Sierra Leone in the prevention of Ebola (recorded in Record ID#43867).