Health and Market Development Working Group
Health and Market Development Working Group
The Health and Market Development Working Group (HAMED) was formed to address the challenge of health access among vulnerable populations, including HIV and AIDS-affected communities. This group links microenterprise development practitioners, public health professionals, and policymakers to create strategies that will integrate programs for microenterprise development and economic strengthening.
In recent years, HAMED's work has explored the intersections between HIV and micro-insurance, savings and credit-led approaches, and economic strengthening targeted toward orphans and vulnerable children. In 2012, the group will continue to create and distribute resources on integrating health and economic strengthening services.
Learning Products
- Why Integrate Microfinance with Health Services? A Microlinks Speakers Corner discussion with HAMED facilitator Bobbi Gray (November 2010)
- Conference Synthesis| Partnership Planning for HIV & AIDS and Microenterprise Development (October 2009)
- Conference Synthesis| Paving the Path to Savings – Advancing the Savings-Led Approach in Communities Affected by HIV & AIDS (July 2009)
- Learning the ABCs of OVCs (September 2008)
- Strategies for HIV & Microenterprise Development Programming (June 2008)
- The SEEP Network Guidelines for Microenterprise Development in HIV and AIDS-Impacted Communities: Supporting Economic Security and Health (2008):
- Book 1 | For Public Health Professionals
- Book 2 | For Microenterprise Development Practitioners
- Book 3 | Policy Makers: Donors, Strategic Planners, and Advocates
- The Promising Practices Case Study Series (2008):
- Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity, South Africa | A Microfinance Plus Gender and HIV Education Program
- The Kibara Mission Hospital HIV Project, Tanzania | Phase II: Savings and Internal Lending Communities
- The Kupfuma Ishungu Rural Microfinance Project, Zimbabwe: A Self-managed, Village Savings and Lending Scheme
- Children, Communities, and Care (PC3) Program, Ethiopia: A "Livelihood Development"
Approach - Better Choices for Children: Community Grants in Mozambique | Diversifying the Range of
Responses to Support the Livelihood Security of Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Get Involved
The facilitator for the Health and Microenterprise Development Working Group is Bobbi Gray. Working group members must be staff of SEEP Network institutional members.
Symposium on the Integration of Health, Market Development, and Financial Services for the Poor
To support and strengthen a learning agenda that cuts across financial services, enterprise development, and health improvement for the poor, the HAMED working group hosted a symposium on November 6th, 2012 in Arlington, VA associated with the 2012 SEEP Annual Conference. Click here to access the discussion notes.
