AFRO-NETS> RFI: Health impact of micro credit programs (5)

[Lola Dare <chestrad@yahoo.com>]

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:

http://www.afronets.org/

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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