RFI: Health impact of micro credit programs (5)
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We have worked on linkages between health and poverty in Nigeria, and
have recently conducted baseline studies that relate income to ex-
perience of malaria. The draft documents can be downloaded from the
AFRO-NETS server at:
click "AFRO-NETS related Documents"
1. The Oriade Experiment: Experiences and Lessons Learned from South
West Nigeria. (17pp; 218 kB)
The Oriade initiative is a community based operations research pro-
ject for poverty alleviation and sustainable development through
health reform in Nigeria.
2. Malaria, poverty and health: Baseline results from the ITN-Oriade
Initiative. (16 pp 265 kB)
ITN-Oriade is a project for the community-based management of simple
malaria and promotion of the use of insecticide treated materials. It
is implemented within the wider context of a health and poverty re-
duction project, the Oriade initiative. The initiative is currently
active in four states in the south-western health zone of Nigeria.
Lola Dare
CHESTRAD International
Nigeria
mailto:chestrad@yahoo.com
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