Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in News on Jan 31st, 2012
Posted by Ryan Schwarz Nyaya Health was started by a group of Yale students 6 years ago. It began when one of our founders, Jason Andrews, traveled to the Achham region and learned about the dearth of healthcare in the region, and the injustices faced daily by Achhami citizens. Over the last six years our [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Dec 29th, 2011
Dear members of the Nyaya Health family, I am writing you today to tell you why we must forever change the way infectious diseases are diagnosed and treated in Far-Western Nepal through a new partnership with One Day’s Wages. That “why” for me was found in Maya, a patient at Bayalpata Hospital last October. Maya was like many [...]
Posted in News on Dec 10th, 2011
Dear friends and family, I am honored to share that last week Nyaya Health became part of the 1% of organizations examined by GiveWell to be distinguished as a standout organization. GiveWell, deemed “the gold standard for giving” by the Boston Globe, takes their evaluations seriously. In fact, only 6 of the 750 organizations examined this [...]
Posted in News on Dec 5th, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru Our Country Director and I had the honor of visiting Dhulikhel Hospital this week to meet with staff members and Administrative Director, Dr. Rajendra Koju. Dhulikhel is a not-for-profit, non-governmental hospital that offers affordable prices to its patients and manifests a singular vision of high quality and equitable care in rural Nepal, representing much of [...]
Posted in News on Nov 17th, 2011
It is our pleasure to share an update on what you, as members of the Nyaya Health community, have accomplished via the #nov4nyaya campaign over the last 16 days: $3,740.80 has been raised. This money will enable us to tile 348 square meters, which is 41% of all of our clinical facilities that need to be [...]
Posted in News on Nov 10th, 2011
Nyaya’s Bayalpata Hospital and one of our partners, TEAM Hospital, in the nearby district of Dadeldhura, were featured in a new article on GHDonline . The article discusses the development of health services in rural western Nepal, and specifically, the cooperation of GHDonline communities to improve communication between local healthcare implementers. You can read the [...]
Posted in Mortality Reviews, News, Social Justice and Health on Oct 1st, 2011
Posted by Ryan Schwarz Over the last two years Nyaya has spearheaded a Morbidity and Mortality Conference (M&M), which aims to provide a venue for Bayalpata Hospital’s clinical staff to critically reflect on and evaluate serious illnesses and deaths that occur. The effort is aimed at improving the quality of the care we offer, particularly [...]
Posted in News on Sep 21st, 2011
Posted by Jesse Brady As the death toll rises following last Sunday’s earthquake in India and Nepal, the Nyaya Health team sends encouragement to all those affected by the disaster. During the years since its establishment, Nyaya has assisted those affected by landslides, earthquakes, and other natural phenomena. Such events have not only taken numerous [...]
Posted in News on Aug 22nd, 2011
We are recruiting a full time Research Coordinator (RC) to oversee a program of hospital and community-based research in Achham, Far Western Nepal. This research program will complement the service and advocacy of international NGO Nyaya Health. The RC will be responsible for management of research projects, coordination with hospital and community health staff, and [...]
Posted in News on Aug 15th, 2011
Nyaya’s Co-Founder, Dr. Sanjay Basu recently published an article in the New York Times on the health needs of illegal immigrants in San Francisco, USA. Undocumented immigrant workers in the USA frequently have greatly limited access to healthcare services, similar to patients we serve in Achham, and people in other impoverished communities throughout the world. Nyaya believes [...]
Posted in News on Aug 3rd, 2011
Nyaya Health’s Chief Operating Officer, Dan Schwarz, was recently quoted as part of PRNewswire’s press release that unveiled 21 global health case studies for open access to the public that were produced by the Global Health Delivery Project and Harvard Business Publishing. These case studies have previously been used as the core of Harvard’s Global Health Effectiveness [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Jul 29th, 2011
Posted by Dan Schwarz Along our journey, Nyaya has been blessed to find support from all corners of the world, and among all our supporters, the dedication of our friends in Norway continues to humble and inspire us all. As has been written about on this blog twice before, we have received an incredible amount [...]
Posted in News on Jul 25th, 2011
After two years of fantastic growth under the leadership of Jon Shaffer, the GlobeMed National Office is looking for its next Executive Director to guide it through its second phase of movement building.The next Executive Director will have the opportunity to significantly advance the mission of GlobeMed, leading the vision and work from our national [...]
Posted in News on Jun 21st, 2011
Posted by Ryan Schwarz Last month a 29-year-old woman walked for over a day, and then rode on a tractor for another half day, to reach Bayalpata Hospital. She had begun having labor pains more than a day earlier and had already been bleeding quite a bit – there were unfortunately no functioning health centers [...]
Posted in News on Jun 8th, 2011
Posted by Ryan Schwarz On April 1st, The Nick Simons Foundation generously donated $25,000 to Nyaya and offered an additional matching donation of $75,000 more – the total donation, if Nyaya was able to raise $75,000 ourselves, would equal $175,000! I write today to announce that with your support Nyaya has not only reached that [...]