Microfinance: A general overview and implications for impoverished individuals living with HIV/AIDS

Adolfo Caldas, Fernando Arteaga, Maribel Muñoz, Jhon Zeladita, Mayler Albujar, Jaime Bayona, Sonya Shin

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Abstract

Microfinance among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) faces some opposition and remains understudied. Tis literature review examines microfinance's evolution and impact on a variety of social and health indicators and its emerging implementation as a primary prevention tool for HIV and economic intervention for PLWHA. Tere is an abundance of literature supporting the apparent utility of microfinance. However, our understanding of the subject remains clouded by the heterogeneity and methodological limitations of existing impact studies, and access limitations to microfinance curbs our understanding of microfinance for this population. Existing literature suggests PLWHA could attain economic stability from microfinance and achieve successful repayment rates in some settings. Te precarious socioeconomic and health issues of PLWHA pose unique challenges to minimizing loan default risk. Carefully-designed clinical studies are needed to assess whether PLWHA can be as successful with microfinance as healthy individuals.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)986-1005
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Volume21
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2010

Keywords

  • HIV
  • Microcredit
  • Microfinance
  • Poverty
  • Socioeconomic status

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