Global post-eradication IPV supply and demand assessment conducted
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in discussion with the World Health Organization, commissioned an assessment of global post-eradication inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) supply and demand, with a focus on identifying supply strategy implications for developing world populations. The insights and conclusions from this assessment were intended to help inform policy and aid country decision making.
The assessment was completed by Oliver Wyman, an international management consulting firm, over a ten month period and involved numerous consultations with existing and potential IPV suppliers as well as demand experts. A paper summarizing the assessment’s findings was released in March.
In the paper, the authors define future demand scenarios for IPV use, characterize the current and evolving supply base, and recommend a path forward to ensure access for developing world populations.