The International Partnership for Microbicides

The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) is a non-profit product development partnership (PDP) established in 2002 to prevent HIV transmission by accelerating the development and availability of a safe and effective microbicide for use by women in developing countries.

• Conduct an evaluation of IPM's first five years of operations.  This work builds on FSG's previous work with PDPs (Medicines for Malaria Venture, the Institute for OneWorld Health) and an evaluation framework that FSG developed for the field outlining a new approach to evaluation to help bridge the expectations of donors and PDPs.
• Evaluate the organization's product development work, their investments in clinical trial sites, access and advocacy activities, and the overall strength and quality of the organization.  The evaluation was sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UK Department for International Development, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Irish Aid, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.