Global Health Council Annual Conference- Microfinance: A Vehicle for Sustainable Health Protection Products and Service Linkages

This PowerPoint presentation details the purposes and goals of the Microfinance Against Malaria project. It strives to improve prevention, early detection and seek appropriate treatment of malaria as well as stimulate customer demand for better malaria prevention and treatment services from private and public providers. Malaria kills over a million children each year, and is not only a huge physical/emotional burden, but a financial one as well. Microfinance can be used to fight malaria due to the financial costs and losses accrued from episodes of malaria. Microfinance institutions can be set up to serve thousands of people and are capable of delivering financial services and linkage to health service products and providers, reducing morbidity and mortality due to malaria and other preventable and treatable diseases, and getting individuals equipped with information, resources and access to health services and products.

Author:

Ellen Vor der Bruegge

Year:

2006

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