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Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in April 2021

$3.6M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Iraq
Country	Iraq
Start Date	Apr 11, 2021
End Date	Jun 22, 2032
Duration	4,090 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`94267`

Grant Description

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 750,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iraq.

The Chinese Government delivered 50,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iraq on March 2, 2021.

Then, on April 11, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iraq.

The Chinese Government delivered an additional 500,000 donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Iraq in August 2021.

Then, in October 2021, the Chinese Government donated another batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines (including an unknown number of doses) to the Government of Iraq.

📋 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 April 2021 donation as $3.6 million.

📚 Sources & References

驻伊拉克大使张涛出席援伊疫苗交接仪式
中国援助的第二批新冠疫苗运抵伊拉克
Valuation of donations of excess COVID-19 vaccine doses to developing countries in ODA – update for 2022 donations
Iraq receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China
驻伊拉克大使张涛出席中国政府第二批援伊新冠疫苗交接仪式
Live COVID-19 updates: 4th batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Iraq
Iraq receives new Sinopharm
Pfizer vaccine doses
Iraq receives 3rd shipment of donated Chinese COVID vaccines, 4th batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Iraq
Fourth batch of China-donated COVID vaccines arrives in Iraq, وصول دفعة ثالثة من لقاح سينوفارم الصيني إلى العراق 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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