Health
Benin
Grants & Concessional Finance
- India donated a 6 tonne-consignment of essential medicines, including HCQS and antibiotics, to the Republic of Benin. During the Covid-19 pandemic, a total of 293 stranded Indian nationals in Benin have been repatriated to India in 3 flights. India sent consignment of 1,44,000 doses of Covishield vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII), under the Covax scheme of GAVI. It is the first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines to reach the Republic of Benin.
- India announced a Line of Credit (LoC) of US$ 15 million for Benin Two grants of one million dollars each for mutually identified projects in Health & Education sectors as well as setting up of an IT Centre for Excellence and a Centre of Demonstration of Technology (both on grant basis) were also agreed to.
- A Line of Credit of US$ 15 million for agricultural equipment was provided by India. Two grants of $1 million each for mutually identified projects in Health and Education sectors have also been utilized. From the Lines of Credit offered by India to ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Benin availed the following LOCs: (i) US $18.8 million LOC facility for first phase of rural electrification project, (ii) the second phase of Rural Electrification in Benin through LOC of US$20 million has also been completed, and (iii) through an LoC of US $10 million, procurement process is ongoing for acquisition of material and medico-technical equipment for the health facilities in Benin.
