Integrating Microfinance with Sustainable Health Services for a Better Bottom Line

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At our January 30th, 2008 seminar, Freedom from Hunger Vice-President Beth Porter presented on their Microfinance and Health Protection initiative, a pilot project they are conducting in partnership with five microfinance institutions on three continents. The initiative aims to take their traditional Credit with Education model to the next level by offering additional health services such as health savings accounts, emergency loans, and access to health care providers and health products. Following Beth's presentation, Craig Churchill of the ILO's Social Finance Unit gave a brief presentation on the work of the Microinsurance Innovation Facility.

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Background resources for Beth Porter's presentation:
>>How Microfinance can Work for the Poor - Background
>>Microfinance and Health Protection Initiative - MAHP Overview
>>Microfinance and Health Protection News - MAHP Newsletter for August - November 2007
>>For further resources, please visit www.freedomfromhunger.org and www.ffhtechnical.org.

Background resources for Craig Churchill's presentation:
>>MICROINSURANCE N9 - March 2006 CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance Newsletter
>>MICROINSURANCE N13 - August 2007 CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance Newsletter
>>Microinsurance Innovation Facility Summary - January 2008 2 page summary document
>>For further resources, please visit www.microinsurancefocus.org and www.microinsurancecompendium.org.

Additional resources on microLINKS:
>>Healthy Women, Healthy Business: A Comparative Study of Pro Mujer's Integration of Microfinance and Health Services
>>Achieving a Common Understanding: What AIDS Service Organizations and Microfinance Institutions Need to Know About Working in HIV/AIDS Prevalent Communities
>>Microinsurance Notes Series 
 
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>>Download Craig Churchill's PowerPoint presentation

>>Speaker bios:

Beth Porter, Vice President of Program Services, joined Freedom from Hunger in 1999 after eleven years of work in microfinance and organizational development in over twenty countries around the world. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Stanford University and a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs/Social Change and Development from Johns Hopkins University.