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Chinese Government donates 50,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $900,000 in April 2021

$900K USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of the Solomon Islands
Country	Solomon Islands
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Jan 18, 2030
Duration	3,304 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`96286`

Grant Description

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of the Solomon Islands.

On April 11, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 50,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of the Solomon Islands.

Then, on May 21, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 50,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of the Solomon Islands (see Record ID#96287).

📋 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 $900,000.

📚 Sources & References

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POLICY RESPONSES TO COVID-19
DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics, 50,000 Sinopharm Vaccines 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.