Posted by Ryan Schwarz Nyaya uses multiple “Web 2.0″ tools to facilitate our work in rural Nepal. Due to the challenges of rural healthcare delivery, most notably the lack of consistent power, using web-based technologies has greatly enhanced Nyaya’s ability to continue its work. In this week’s issue of the well-regarded medical science journal PLoS [...]
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Posted by Sushant Wagley, following conversations with Ruma Rajbhandari Delivery of quality healthcare requires providers to maintain and develop knowledge and skills in clinical practice and performance. Continuing Medical Education (CME) allows medical providers to maintain the knowledge and skills acquired during primary training, while also allowing for the adoption of latest advancements and improvements [...]
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Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Oct 12th, 2009
Posted by Dan Schwarz, following conversation with Ruma Rajbhandari Over the past two weeks, communication with the Nyaya Health staff in Achham has been very difficult due to the severe storms occurring throughout the region. One week ago, the Bayalpata Hospital satellite dish was struck by lightning, effectively cutting off all outside communication. Since then, [...]
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Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Oct 4th, 2009
Posted by Dan Schwarz It has now been several weeks since our last update on the cholera epidemic that has plagued Achham and other parts of Nepal in recent months, and we are happy to report that it has been waning as the monsoon season comes to an end. At Bayalpata Hospital, we have seen [...]
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Posted in News on Sep 14th, 2009
Posted by Shefali Oza Nyaya Health has posted its update for May through August of this year. In this update, we document our opening of Bayalpata Hospital in collaboration with the Nepali Ministry of Health and Population and provide up-to-date statistics of our first 2 months of hospital operation. We discuss some serious challenges we [...]
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Posted in News on Sep 12th, 2009
Posted by Sushant Wagley * Note: This is the fourth in a series of Nyaya Health staff member profiles. Through these profiles, which are posted on Saturdays, we hope to give you a better idea of the people who are working on the ground to implement Nyaya’s vision on a daily basis. Dhan Bahadur was [...]
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Posted in News on Aug 25th, 2009
Posted by Shefali Oza The diarrhea epidemic which we reported in July has continued over the course of the last month. So far, a few thousand have been infected and the number of reported deaths has reached 26. Unfortunately, given the poor health infrastructure and communication networks in the district, these may be underestimates. At [...]
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Posted in News on Aug 15th, 2009
Posted by Shefali Oza Nyaya Health thanks the Indian Embassy in Nepal for its generous donation of an ambulance. With the addition of this ambulance, we will now be able to transport patients free of charge to regional hospitals between 5 and 15 hours away for life-threatening conditions we are unable to treat at Bayalpata [...]
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Posted in News on Aug 3rd, 2009
Posted by Piali Mukhopadhyay Nyaya Health is grateful to Ten Friends for the generous donation of three light-weight patient stretchers, for use in Bayalpata Hospital’s catchment area. Ten Friends is a registered US non-profit, founded by two school teachers living in the state of Oregon. Over the period of its operation in Nepal, Ten Friends [...]
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Posted in News on Jul 27th, 2009
Posted by Shefali Oza A diarrhea epidemic is spreading through Nepal, particularly in the Mid- and Far-Western regions. Recent news stories have reported that the district of Jajarkot, two removed from Achham, is the current epicenter of this outbreak. Many believe this is a cholera epidemic, though this theory is unlikely to be tested in [...]
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Posted in News on Jul 23rd, 2009
Posted by Duncan Maru, MD, PHD EquityEditors Association (EEA), a non-profit organization, co-founded by Nyaya Health, is a network of socially conscious medical, scientific, and technical editors, and is currently recruiting new writers and volunteers. The members of EEA are a group of professional editors who leverage their writing skills to help finance innovative solutions [...]
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Posted in News on Jul 10th, 2009
Posted by Ryan Schwarz The America Nepal Medical Foundation, a continued supporter of Nyaya’s work invited Nyaya to present our work at the recent 13th Annual ANMF Conference in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Through our collaboration with ANMF, Nyaya has been able to expand its services, in particular focusing on its community health worker network. As [...]
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Posted in News on Jul 2nd, 2009
Posted by Shefali Oza While Bayalpata Hospital services started on June 21st, today was the official opening ceremony for the hospital. Over 300 people assembled on the front lawn, including the Chief District Officer of Achham and other local, district, and regional-level officials. The ceremony was organized by Bayalpata’s previous hospital management board, which included [...]
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Posted in News on Jun 21st, 2009
Posted by Shefali Oza We are pleased to announce that Nyaya Health, in collaboration with the Nepali Ministry of Health and Population, opened Bayalpata Hospital this morning. The hospital, which was built over 20 years ago, has never been operational until now. We now have a functional outpatient department, emergency ward, maternity/delivery ward, laboratory, and [...]
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Posted in News on May 7th, 2009
Posted by Duncan Maru To achieve health equity in rural Nepal, Nyaya Health deploys technologies that can operate effectively in an area with a unique set of social, economic, and logistical challenges. The QBC Autoread Plus is one such machine. This machine was originally donated to Nyaya Health by inventor Dr. Robert A. Levine, Clinical [...]
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