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China donates 5 million Sinovac vaccines worth USD 90 million to Uganda in June 2022

$90M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Uganda
Country	Uganda
Start Date	Jun 10, 2022
End Date	Mar 28, 2032
Duration	3,579 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`99872`

Grant Description

On June 10, 2022, the Ugandan Government received a donation of 5 million doses of Sinovac vaccines from the Chinese Government. The purpose of the donation is to improve Uganda’s COVID-19 prevention efforts. The donation will be distributed quarterly throughout 2022 to Ugandan civilians. A handover ceremony was held for this donation.

The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni, Economic Counselor Jiang Jiqing and Wang Chenxu, the First Secretary at the Chinese Embassy in Uganda, attended the ceremony.

📋 Staff Comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single 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 June 2022 donation as $90,000,000.

📚 Sources & References

{Twitter source about 5 million vaccine dose China donation to Uganda
FIRST LADY WELCOMES CHINA’S DONATION OF 5 MILLION DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINES
Uganda to get 5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China 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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