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Abigail Alabi-Michael - Nigerian, Africa

2017 Winner | | Nigerian

Health Accord is a health micro-insurance program which uses trash as monetary asset in enabling poor slum residents without medical insurance to pay for health coverage, medications and other clinical services. With Health Accord; the communities, especially women, pay for healthcare services using trash as an insurance fund. This way, Health Accord empowers the community to enhance environmental sustainability and the local sanitation by shifting from conventional methods to innovative solid waste disposal solution. Health Accord long term goal is to craft a model with the power to protect planetary health by locally disrupting the cycle of poor health and ecosystem destruction that exists in Nigeria and other parts of West Africa where unmet needs result in unsustainable resource use. Through an incentive system of healthcare rewards to communities that engage in recycling in exchange for healthcare, and education, Health Accord links healthcare to environmental protection.

Abigail Alabi-Michael is a graduate of Environmental Science and Resource Management and currently engaged in many environmental advocacy activities. She has a vested interest in innovative entrepreneurship and “socialpreneurship” activities, business communications and coaching. She is a personal development coach, and a trainer. She is currently involved in several socialpreneurial services and she sincerely believes that when one pursues their passions loyally and doggedly, the financial reward will inevitably follow.

Avertissement: NOTE: Ce contenu a été mis en ligne pour le cycle 2019 du programme Jeunes champions de la Terre et n'a pas été mis à jour. Cette liste ne constitue ni une approbation ni un statut auprès du Programme des Nations unies pour l'environnement.

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