Microfinance Against Malaria: Pan-African Malaria Conference Poster

Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) are not normally involved in the fight against malaria, yet have a strong incentive since it is a major reason for poor loan repayment. With support from the GSK African Malaria Partnership, MFIs in West Africa are offering financial services combined with malaria education to the very poor to: 1) improve prevention, detection and treatment in the home, and 2) stimulate demand for better treatment and prevention services from local providers—private and public. A study was done in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Togo and ten Rural Banks in Ghana to research the impact of such services. The methods of the study and benefits at the community, institutional, and national malarial community levels are detailed in this paper.

Author:

E. Vor der Bruegge, C. Dunford, B. Gray, R. Davis, R. South, M. Armar-Klemesu, K. Dearden

Year:

2005

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