From Microfinance to Macro Change: Integrating Health Education and Microfinance to Empower Women and Reduce Poverty
Published by Microcredit Summit Campaign, UNPF, 2006 440 1st Street, NW Suite 460 Washington, DC 20001 202-637-9600 www.microcreditsummit.org The time has come for action. This document calls on development agencies, governments, microfinance institutions (MFIs), and donors to help realize the goal of health and equal opportunity for all by investing in strategies with proven impact on the problem of global poverty and poor health. It proposes one specific strategy that acknowledges the intimate relationship between poverty and poor health, and has proven impacts for very large numbers of the poor and very poor1. This proposed strategy is the combination of microfinance and reproductive health education.
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From Microfinance to Macro Change: Integrating Health Education and Microfinance to Empower Women and Reduce Poverty
Published by Microcredit Summit Campaign, UNPF, 2006 440 1st Street, NW Suite 460 Washington, DC 20001 202-637-9600 www.microcreditsummit.org The time has come for action. This document calls on development agencies, governments, microfinance institutions (MFIs), and donors to help realize the goal of health and equal opportunity for all by investing in strategies with proven impact on the problem of global poverty and poor health. It proposes one specific strategy that acknowledges the intimate relationship between poverty and poor health, and has proven impacts for very large numbers of the poor and very poor1. This proposed strategy is the combination of microfinance and reproductive health education.
