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Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million and other supplies in August 2021 (linked to record IDs #86159, #93305, #95664, #110810)

$4.38M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Sierra Leone
Country	Sierra Leone
Start Date	Aug 18, 2021
End Date	Mar 10, 2026
Duration	1,665 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`93458`

Grant Description

Between February 2021 and July 2022, the Chinese Government donated a total of 900,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses and associated medical supplies to the Government of Sierra Leone (umbrella record ID #110810) in four tranches. a) February 25, 2021: 200,000 Sinopharm doses (ID #86159). b) March 1, 2021: 200,000 Sinopharm doses and 201,600 syringes/needles (ID #93305). c) August 18, 2021: 200,000 Sinopharm doses, 201,600 syringes, 40,000 nucleic acid test kits, and 50,000 antigen test kits (ID #93458). d) July 22, 2022: 300,000 Sinopharm doses (ID #95664).

These donations were handed over at formal ceremonies attended by senior officials from Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation and the Chinese Embassy in Freetown.

Collectively, the donations were valued by AidData at $16 million USD equivalent, based on estimated per-dose vaccine costs and WHO catalogue prices for testing supplies.

📋 Staff Comments

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). As such, AidData has estimated the monetary value of the August 2021 donation of vaccines as $3.6 million. This has been added to the value of 90,000 COVID-19 tests in August 2021 ($781,200), estimated by AidData from price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO) for a total transaction amount of $4,381,200.
For additional details, please see the TUFF Methodology.

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