Master Alliance Provisions Guide (MAPGuideⓇ)
Resources & Analysis
Funder Approaches to Equitable Access
This section provides links to equitable access resources developed by several R&D funders. The information in these documents helps users to gain a better understanding of the challenges surrounding equitable access and how funders may seek to achieve their access objectives. In particular, the resources give examples and explanations of the ways in which equitable access requirements may be addressed in funding agreements.
CARB-X
Stewardship & Access Plan Development Guide
This document provides guidance for developers of therapeutics, diagnostics and preventatives. It outlines CARB-X’s expectations of product developers regarding stewardship & access plans, and aims to inspire other organizations to develop and act upon their own access principles.
BMGF
Global Access Statement & Humanitarian License
This statement provides an explanation of the concept of global access and sets out some of the requirements that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation may make of its grantees. Standard global access commitment and humanitarian licence clauses are provided in the Humaniarian License FAQs.
CEPI
Enabling Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
This document outlines CEPI’s approach to enabling and accelerating equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. It sets out how CEPI seeks to enable access throughout the vaccine development processes, as well as providing summaries of CEPI’s COVID-19 agreements.
Wellcome Trust
Equitable Access to Health Technologies: lessons from COVID-19
This report outlines Wellcome’s assessment of key challenges to equitable access, including specific issues for R&D funders, and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. The report provides recommendations to tackle the challenges identified and sets out Wellcome’s own plan of action.
