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Chinese Government pledges to donate 4 million Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $72 million in January 2022

$72M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Rwanda
Country	Rwanda
Start Date	Jan 11, 2022
End Date	May 30, 2031
Duration	3,426 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95958`

Grant Description

On January 11, 2022, Rao Hongwei, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Rwanda, had a phone call with Hon.

Vincent Biruta, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Rwanda, and officially notified him that the Chinese Government would donate a total of 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines worth $72 million to Rwanda in 2022. However, as of December 2022, there was no evidence of this pledge being fulfilled.

📋 Staff Comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm/Sinovac 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 January 2022 donation pledge as $72 million.

📚 Sources & References

DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics
Rwanda Receives China-donated Vaccines in Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic
DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics
Rwanda receives Chinese-donated vaccines to boost fight against COVID-19
Rwanda receives 2nd batch of COVID-19 vaccine from China
Rwanda Received COVID-19 vaccines from the People’s Republic of China
Rwanda Receives Second Batch of China-donated Vaccines in Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic
Rwanda Receives Second Batch of China-donated Vaccines in Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic
China to donate 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda in 2022
China to donate 4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Rwanda
China to Donate 4 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines to Rwanda In 2022
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