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Chinese Government donates 818,400 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $14.7 million in September 2021

$14.73M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Cote d'Ivoire Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene
Country	Cote d'Ivoire
Start Date	Sep 17, 2021
End Date	May 11, 2033
Duration	4,254 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`93619`

Grant Description

The Chinese Government delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cote d'Ivoire on June 23, 2021. The donation from the People's Republic of China was received by the Ivorian Minister in charge of Health, Mr. Pierre N'gou Dimba, in the presence of the Chinese Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire.

Then, on September 17-18, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 818,400,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cote d'Ivoire. The shipment arrived in Cote d'Ivoire at the Felix Houphouet Boigny airport in Abidjan. Ivorian Minister of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Disease Coverage M.

Pierre N'gou DIMBA, and the UNICEF country representative received the donation.

📋 Staff Comments

1. 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 September 2021donation as $14,731,200.

📚 Sources & References

Miniistry of Public Health in Cote d'Ivoire
新一批中国国药新冠疫苗运抵科特迪瓦
新一批81.6万剂中国新冠疫苗运抵科特迪瓦
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