Market Access and Innovative Finance (MAIF) Mechanism
The Market Access and Innovative Finance (MAIF) contract vehicle was designed by the Bureau for Global Health’s Center for Innovation & Impact (CII) to assist Global Health offices, Missions, and other USAID offices to apply market-led approaches to accelerate global health goals.
About MAIF
Objective
Provide innovative financing and market access support to improve health outcomes
Available Expertise
Market research, strategy and introductions, market shaping analyses, financing strategy, investment brokerage, and value-based care
Managed by
Center for Innovation and Impact (CII)
Open to
All USAID Operating Units and Missions
Period of Performance
Through September 2024
Led by
Rios Partners (Prime Contractor) with a consortium including Boston Consulting Group, Global Development Incubator, Jhpiego, Open Capital Advisors, Sagaci Research, AMP Health and Social Finance
MAIF consortium technical expertise can answer key market-access and innovative-financing questions to create meaningful change
Market Access: Introduce or expand access to a new product or service
Market Research
How do we identify population segments based on affordability, access, and intended impact?
Strategy and Introduction
How do we optimize introduction based on political, regulatory, financing, supply chain, provider, and patient considerations?
Market Shaping Analysis
What supply and/or demand interventions can reduce access inefficiencies for high-quality, life-saving products?
Innovative Financing: Harness different financial tools and structures to expand capital and manage costs
Financing Strategy and Implementation
What feasible options do we have to manage costs while optimizing for sustainability, equity, and service quality?
Catalyze Capital
How can we bring in additional investment commitments, mobilize private capital, and optimize across private, non-profit, and public-financing sources?
Value-Based Care
How can financing strategies optimize for outcomes versus volumes or outputs?
As MAIF’s Prime Contractor, Rios Partners leads a consortium whose members bring together diverse and complementary technical skills, global reach and decades of experience working on impactful solutions to global health issues with USAID, other donors, key non-profits and governments in many LMICs.
Rios manages the process to brings together the best qualified team to address USAID requirements so that the MAIF consortium expertise delivers results, while working collaboratively with USAID partners.
MAIF partners harnesses complementary capabilities combined with regional experience
| Partner | Market Access | Innovative Financing | Core Capability | Regional Presence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | N/A | Human-Centered Design | N/A |
 |  | | Strategy | Africa, Americas, and Asia |
 | | | Global Good Development | Africa and Asia |
 | | N/A | Global Good Development | Africa, Americas, and Asia |
 | N/A | | Private-Sector Engagement | Sub-Saharan Africa |
 | | N/A | Market Research | Africa |
 | N/A | | Global Good Development | Africa, Americas, and Asia |
 | | | Leadership and management | Africa |
Activity Examples
USAID India’s Strategic Purchasing for HIV/AIDS – Complete
USAID India is looking for new approaches to optimize the government of India’s HIV efforts using strategic purchasing while leveraging the private sector.
CII Value-Based Care Pilot – Ongoing
There has been a tendency to advocate for an increase in health service volumes at the expense of prioritizing quality in lower-middle income countries.
USAID India’s COVID-19 PSE Accelerator – Ongoing
The state and national governments in India need support develop ways to accelerate private-sector engagement (PSE) through implementing partners (IPs) for collaboration and support on key healthcare demands in India related to the COVID-19 emergency.
Contact Us
MAIF is available for buy-ins from USAID Operating Units and Missions. If you are interested in learning more about how MAIF can support your activity, reach out to the COR, Rachel Wood (rawood@usaid.gov) and the Activity Manager, Mila Nepomnyashchiy (lnepomnyashchiy@usaid.gov)