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Chinese Government donates 400,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $7.2 million in April 2022

$7.2M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Mauritania
Country	Mauritania
Start Date	Jan 01, 2022
End Date	Aug 11, 2031
Duration	3,509 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95390`

Grant Description

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 1.93 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Mauritania.

The Chinese Government delivered 50,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Mauritania on March 24, 2021.

Then, on May 29, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 280,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Mauritania.

Several months later, on July 29, 2021, the Chinese Ambassador to Mauritania stated that the Chinese Government would donate another 200,000 doses of vaccines to the Government of Mauritania.

As a fulfillment of this pledge, the Chinese Government delivered an additional 200,000 donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Mauritania on September 28, 2021.

Then, on December 21, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 1 million donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Mauritania.

The Chinese Government delivered an additional 400,000 donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Mauritania on April 20, 2022.

📋 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 April 2022 donation as $7.2 million.
A June 6, 2021 report notes that, as of June 2021, the Chinese Government had provided 330,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and more than 20 batches of COVID-19 relief supplies to Mauritania.

📚 Sources & References

La Mauritanie reçoit de la Chine 1 million de doses de vaccins de Sinopharm contre le coronavirus
La Mauritanie reçoit de Chine ses premières doses de vaccin anti-Covid
Nouveau don de 200.000 doses de vaccins anti-Covid de la Chine à la Mauritanie
Les vaccins chinois sont venus
La Mauritanie reçoit un don de vaccin anti-COVID-19 offert par la Chine
Le ministre de la santé appelle les populations à se faire vacciner
Le gouvernement chinois a fait don à la Mauritanie de 200 000 doses de vaccins pour soutenir les efforts de lutte contre la pandémie de covid 19
Don d'un million de doses anti-Covid Sinopharm de la Chine à Nouakchott
Le 29 juillet 2021
M. Li Bai jun
Ambassadeur de chine en Mauritanie, a rencontré M. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Ministre mauritanien des Affaires étrangères
Covid-19: don du vaccin chinois Sinopharm à la Mauritanie
CADRE DE GESTION ENVIRONNEMENTALE ET SOCIALE CGES
Signature d’une convention de renouvellement de la mission de santé chinoise en Mauritanie
Rapport sur l’exécution du fonds 3SL2C
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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