PneumoADIP Web-Based Survey 2005

Key Findings

Summer, 2005. PneumoADIP conducted a web-based survey during the summer in order to assess what the broad pneumococcal community thinks about childhood pneumococcal vaccine supply and financing. 90 respondents self-identified themselves as researchers, clinicians, working in industry, in technical agencies, in NGOs, or in other areas. Once again, thank you to the individuals who participated in this anonymous survey; your inputs are valuable in moving forward.

Key findings suggest that finding solution space among countries, industry, and donors for pneumococcal vaccine introduction is indeed feasible, although not without challenges.

• 71% responded that multi-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines can be made affordable to developing countries
• 70% responded that the cost of manufacturing multi-valent vaccines is higher than the willingness to pay
• 77% responded that researchers can influence donors and policy makers in decisions about pneumococcal vaccine introduction
• 74% responded that companies should make a profit on vaccines that are supplied to developing countries

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