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Costs and Benefits of "Health Days" for Microfinance Clients: CRECER's Experience with Mobile Health Providers in Bolivia

Focusing on the impact of the MAHP (Microfinance and Health Protection) services on CRECER (Crédito con EducaciÓn Rural), this paper explores the hypothesis that MFIs (microfinance institutions) can feasibly offer health-related services that are efficient and inexpensive enough to be offered on a long-term basis while also potentially enhancing the financial sustainability of an MFI. After describing CRECER’s multifaceted health protection package, the paper examines the costs and benefits to CRECER of one component: health days (“jornadas”).