Gavi and COVID-19: Pandemic of the Century
2020
Gavi, launched in 2000 with the mission to increase access to immunization in low-income countries, is an alliance of donor countries, philanthropies, and multilateral agencies such as the WHO and UNICEF. The alliance coordinates immunization programs by pooling resources, using advance market commitments and financial instruments such as vaccine bonds. This case asks the question "How should Gavi respond to the need for a vaccine for the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic?"
As stated in the abstract, the learning objectives are to "understand how a global alliance structure is used to preemptively structure the market so as to solve a pressing public-goods problem, that of inadequate vaccinations for many of the world's hotspots; and understand why solutions to grand entrepreneurial challenges - the kinds that affect vast swathes of humanity - can be solved by creativity on multiple fronts of science, finance, and business model elaboration."
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Gavi and COVID-19: Pandemic of the Century
Source:
Khanna T, Misra S. Gavi and COVID-19: Pandemic of the Century. Harvard Business School 2020. https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/720451-PDF-ENG.