Paying Tribute to the AMC
Owen Barder, an economist living and working in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, talks about the great impact of the Advance Market Commitment (AMC) on this first World Pneumonia Day:
“If you pay taxes in Italy, the UK, Canada, Norway, or Russia, pat yourself on the back. Your government has contributed to a market-based financing mechanism called the Advance Market Commitment, or AMC. This provides an incentive for vaccine makers to produce suitable vaccines in the necessary quantities at an affordable price for developing countries. The result is that GAVI has been able to reduce the current price of existing pneumococcal vaccines by up to 90%.
In the past, it often took 15 or 20 years before vaccines developed for rich countries were sold at affordable prices in developing countries. Because of the Advance Market Commitment, four vaccine suppliers are now offering pneumo vaccines, specifically developed for the the developing world at affordable prices.
This is aid at its best: creating financial incentives for companies to bring their expertise and innovation to the table to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Donors only pay for vaccines that actually get delivered and used. This money will save the lives of about seven million children over the next 20 years…
And to the countless bureaucrats and nay-sayers who thought it could never happen: yah-booh-sucks.”
Check out his full post here.
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