Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Logistics and Management, Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Apr 8th, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya One of the most entrenched forms of gender inequality in Achham is that of illiteracy. The literacy rate amongst young girls aged six to fifteen is only 16% compared to 54% among boys of the same age group. Adult literacy among women in Achham is an appalling 7% compared to 48% [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Logistics and Management, staff profiles on Apr 1st, 2010
Posted by Chintan Maru In the past month, two of our most dedicated team members left Achham. We are fortunate that Shefali Oza and Jhapat Thapa will continue to serve as active members of Nyaya Health’s Board of Directors. Jhapat Thapa, MBBS served as Nyaya’s first Medical Director for two years. The staff revered him [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Mar 31st, 2010
Posted by Jen Garnett At Nyaya, we strive to maintain a high level of financial and operational transparency. This allows us to rigorously monitor and evaluate our operational costs, and also provides our donors with detailed information on the social return on their investment and full disclosure of how their funds are being spent. Additionally, [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Mar 26th, 2010
Posted by Ranju Sharma In early January, The Kathmandu Post reported the death of a woman in the district of Achham during her stay in a “Chhaupadi goth.” She was found dead in the shed on the fifth day of her stay; her eight-month-old son, who stayed with her, was found unconscious. Two weeks before [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Patient Stories on Mar 21st, 2010
Posted by Dr. Susan Warren “Bayalpata drowns in the tears of its women.” – unknown Achhami poet, quoted by clinician “A woman might get married at age 12. She gets pregnant right away and hopes for a son. The women work hard and the husband is away most of the time for jobs. He spends [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News, Social Justice and Health on Mar 7th, 2010
Nyaya was recently invited to deliver one of the “Partnerships in Global Health Equity” workshops at the 2010 GlobeMed Summit in Chicago. GlobeMed is a network of university students which partner with grassroots organizations to improve the health of people of the impoverished. This year, their summit featured keynote addresses and workshops by several of [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News, Social Justice and Health on Mar 6th, 2010
Nyaya’s work has been featured in an article and photo essay on the Harvard FXB Center’s Health and Human Rights Open Forum blog. Guest-writing for the blog, Dan Schwarz highlights the development of Nyaya’s work at Bayalpata Hospital, and documents many of the logistical challenges involved, in both narrative and photographs. Read the narrative post [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News, Social Justice and Health on Mar 1st, 2010
Posted by Dan Schwarz Nyaya has been awarded one of the first-round UpToDate International Grant Subscriptions! UpToDate is an online clinical reference software, commonly used in many American teaching hospitals, but rarely accessible in the developing world. Through an exciting new granting program, UpToDate has teamed up with the Global Health Delivery Project to provide free subscriptions [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, staff profiles on Feb 19th, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya All countries have different structures of health care staff based based on their particular local government system. We understand that reading Nyaya blog entries which discuss the different staff at Bayalpata Hospital can be confusing for our readers. In this entry we hope to clarify the different roles and qualifications of [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Feb 14th, 2010
Posted by Chintan Maru South Asia has no shortage of water stories. A hydro-electric dam project diverts a sacred river and displaces millions. The morning hustle at a slum’s communal tap breaks into a fatal fight. A monsoon rain blesses an inter-caste wedding. I began asking about Nyaya’s water story when I witnessed our night-watchman [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Feb 9th, 2010
Posted by Ryan Schwarz The past year was one of great success, and inspiring challenges. We began 2009 in the Sanfe Bagar Primary Health Center, and in June, in partnership with the Nepali Ministry of Health and Population, moved our operations to The Bayalpata Hospital. It has been an exciting transition, and we are honored [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Feb 5th, 2010
Posted by Chintan Maru On Thursday, under a banyan tree that has sheltered generations, the village of Ridikot assembled to discuss its annual development goals. Dr. Jhapat Thapa, Nyaya’s Medical Director, was invited to sit with community leaders including representatives of the major political parties, Dalit and women’s rights groups, and the sole member of [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Logistics and Management, Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya Recently, we asked our friend and colleague, Dr. Subhas Sitaula, to discuss his work and the work of Nyaya, and the interrelated impact of both in the Far Western region where we work. Biographical background: Dr. Subhas Sitaula is originally from the central region of Nepal, and completed his MBBS from [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Logistics and Management on Jan 21st, 2010
Posted by Ranju Sharma Nyaya volunteer Ranju Sharma recounts a day she spent in the summer of 2009 with two of Nyaya’s CHWs Achham had recently had the first few rainfalls of this year’s monsoon when we went for a community visit with two of Nyaya Health Community Health Workers (CHWs). The day was not [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Jan 12th, 2010
Posted by Sushant Wagley For Nyaya Health, a steady water supply is essential for delivering health care services at Bayalpata Hospital. Ridikot, the village development committee (VDC) where Bayalpata Hospital is located, is an especially dry VDC with limited water supply. Communities surrounding Bayalpata Hospital – and even most of the district of Achham – [...]