The Measles Initiative
2011
This case examines the Measles Initiative (MI), a consortium of organizations expanding delivery of measles vaccines. After providing background information on the biology of the measles virus and the epidemiology of measles, it recounts the formation of the MI, its partnership structure, its goals, its program design, international nature, and its financing. The case focuses on how multilateral global health initiatives coordinated with national governments to improve health care delivery. By 2009, the MI had made significant gains in reducing measles mortality, but was facing decreased funding and was questioning its strategy going forward.
Learning Objectives: To understand how multi-lateral, international disease-control initiatives are designed, coordinated, and financed, and to examine how these initiatives interact with national health systems to achieve their objectives.
The Global Health Delivery (GHD) Project, an interdisciplinary collaboration between Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, investigates the management decisions behind disease treatment and prevention globally. The Global Health Delivery (GHD) Case Collection is a set of teaching case studies that are available for all at no cost online through Harvard Business Publishing, GHDonline, and The Case Centre.
Source:
Dhillon R, Rhatigan J. The Measles Initiative. Global Health Delivery Project, Harvard Business Publishing 2011. https://www.globalhealthdelivery.org/case-collection/case-studies/global/measles-initiative.