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World AIDS Day: How Does Microinsurance Make an Impact?
Today, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day. 2.4 billion people around the world live on $2 a day or less and of those only 80 million people have access to microinsurance. In areas where HIV/AIDS is prevalent, people often cannot afford the healthcare they desperately need. Campaigns manager Lydia Baldridge Meier interviewed Richard Leftley, the president Read more…
Tagged Africa, Chennai, Clients, Ending Poverty, Financial services, funeral insurance, Health insurance, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, India, Lydia Baldridge Meier, MFI, Microensure, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Richard Leftley, Trust Groups, World Aids Day, World Aids Day 2010
ONE Blog: Checking in on Maternal Health in Guatemala
With World AIDS Day coming up on Dec. 1, celebrity activist Christy Turlington Burns reports on her ongoing work with (RED) and the ONE Campaign on the No Child Born with HIV campaign. At Opportunity, we’re inspired by her commitment to improving the lives of women in the developing world with these health initiatives. The following blog post, ”Checking in Read more…
Tagged (RED), Ending Poverty, Guatemala, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Latin America, Maternal Health, Maternal morality rates, Microensure, Microinsurance, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, Un millennium development goals, World Aids Day
World AIDS Day: Lending Hope to Africa
AIDS continues to devastate sub-Saharan Africa. Thirty million people have died already, leaving 14 million orphans behind. Without decisive action, millions more will die, at the rate of over 6,600 a day. This figure is likely to increase because of the 9,500 new daily infections in Africa alone. Today marks World AIDS Day. The day Read more…
Tagged Africa, AIDS, Crisis, Dorothy Kanjautso, Education, HIV/AIDS, Loans, Opportunity International, Orphans, Poverty, Training, Trust Groups, Women, World Aids Day

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