Case Studies: Bolivia
Pro Mujer Bolivia
Pro Mujer in Bolivia is a women’s development organization that provides its clients with access to microfinance, business and empowerment training, preventive health education and high-quality, low-cost primary health care. The health program offered by Pro Mujer provides primary health services and education regarding basic health issues in order to improve the quality of life and well-being of its clients and their families. The combination of health with microloans and savings attempts to interrupt the connection between poverty and poor health. Women have access to loans and savings to start and grow microenterprises and to high quality health services to protect their assets and improve their ability to successfully participate in the economic and social development of their communities and country.
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Marie Stopes Bolivia approaches the subjects of sexual and reproductive health in men and women creatively through the provision of established and mobile services, aiding in the financing of services for low-income families, social marketing and participative, inclusive education. Marie Stopes Bolivia delivers health services through 6 medical centers located in Bolivia's major cities, as well as through 5 Mobile Units. In 2010, a call center was established to offer information regarding sexual and reproductive health and family planning and make referrals to MSI Bolivia clinics to both men and women. Social marketing also plays an important role within the organization, and especially in the introduction to new contraceptive products.
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