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Chinese Government donates 300,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $5.4 million in November 2021

$5.4M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Rwanda
Country	Rwanda
Start Date	Nov 07, 2021
End Date	Dec 11, 2028
Duration	2,591 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95959`

Grant Description

On November 7, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 300,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Rwanda. A handover ceremony was held at Kigali International Airport. Wang Jiaxin, Commercial Counselor of the Embassy, and Dr. Albert Tuyishime, Head of Department at Rwanda Biomedical Centre attended the ceremony.

This donation is one in a series of vaccine donations.

On August 19, 2021, Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Rwanda (see Record ID#95960).

Then, 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 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 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 November 2021 donation as $5.4 million.

📚 Sources & References

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