Ugandan foundation helps women business owners with health insurance

VIDEO CNN's David Compton reports on FINCA clients that get healthcare in Uganda (May 25) Play video (QuickTime, Real or Windows Media)

KAMPALA, Uganda (CNN) -- Access to health care is crucial in Uganda, which has one of the highest HIV-AIDS infection rates in the world. Some estimates say 100,000 Ugandan Women contract HIV each year.

For more than 15 years, the Foundation for International Community Assistance--or FINCA--has been making small loans to women to help them start or expand their own businesses. Now a FINCA program in Uganda is arranging health insurance for its borrowers, some of who are infected with the HIV virus.