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PLA donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth USD $1.8 million to Guinea in May 2021

$1.8M USD

Funder	People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China
Recipient Organization	Ministry of Defense of Guinea
Country	Guinea
Start Date	May 01, 2021
End Date	Oct 02, 2033
Duration	4,537 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`93843`

Grant Description

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 300,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Guinea. The first batch containing 200,000 donated doses was delivered on March 3, 2021 (see record ID 92971).

On May 30, 2021, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China delivered the second batch containing 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth an estimated USD $1.8 million to Guinea’s Ministry of Defence.

📋 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 May 2021 donation as $1.8 million.

📚 Sources & References

Covid-19 : la Chine offre 100.000 doses de vaccin à l’armée guinéenne
Riposte au COVID-19 : la Chine offre un important lot de vaccins à l’Armée guinéenne
Guinea gets donation of 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China
Guinea gets donation of 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China
POLICY RESPONSES TO COVID-19
DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics 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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Ministry of Defense of Guinea

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