Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in News on Jan 19th, 2011
Nyaya’s close friend and supporter, Dr. Marit Bakke, has written an article about her recent visit to Bayalpata Hospital, which has been been published in the Norway Nepal Association’s monthly newsletter, Hamro Patrika. Dr. Bakke is a Sociology professor from Oslo, Norway, and also sits on the International Advisory Board of Patan Academy of Health Sciences, [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Jan 17th, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru A 60 year old gentleman presented to Bayalpata Hospital today describing several months oflower back pain. A large proportion of adult patients who come to Bayalpata Hospital describe back pain. It is significantly challenging to determine which of these patients have a problem that is actually amenable to medical therapy. In [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Jan 12th, 2011
Posted by Dan Schwarz Nyaya’s Executive Director, Dan Schwarz, presented at the weekly Brown University Infectious Disease Rounds, discussing our HIV/AIDS management program in Achham. His talk was entitled “Meeting the need: Developing an HIV/AIDS treatment program in the Far West Region, Nepal.” You can view his slides here: ——————- Dan Schwarz is the Executive Director [...]
Posted in News on Jan 7th, 2011
posted by Ryan Schwarz Nyaya expresses its condolences and well wishes to the family of Thomas White, advisor and long-time member of Partners In Health, who passed away peacefully this morning. Thomas was an inspiring force to many in the global health field and the Nyaya team, and while he will be deeply missed, the [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Dec 29th, 2010
Posted by Dan Schwarz Nyaya’s Executive Director, Dan Schwarz, presented a talk at the Harvard School of Public Health recently. His talk was entitled, “Developing partnerships for improved global health delivery.” You can watch and listen to Dan’s presentations here. ——————- Dan Schwarz is the Executive Director of Nyaya Health and a student in the Brown [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Dec 24th, 2010
Posted by Duncan Maru Nyaya Health Co-Founder Duncan Maru, MD, PHD recently discussed Nyaya Health’s work in his talk on “Implementation Gaps and Quality Chasms: Building Health Systems in Rural Nepal” at the Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Noon Conference at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he is a resident physician. His slide show is available [...]
Posted in News on Dec 23rd, 2010
Posted by Ryan Schwarz As a part of its annual holiday campaign website The Daily Grommet supported Nyaya yesterday. The Daily Grommet features different products each day but during the Christmas season features organizations like Nyaya instead, asking its supporters to support these organizations instead of buying something else that day. Nyaya is deeply appreciative [...]
Posted in News on Dec 19th, 2010
Posted by Dan Schwarz Nyaya supporters Knut Skyberg and Borgny Ween have been featured in a radio interview inOslo, Norway, discussing our work in Achham, and how they’ve been supporting it. You can listen to the interview here. Nyaya would like to thank not only Knut and Borgny, but all of our supporters. Without our [...]
Posted in News on Dec 17th, 2010
Dear friends and family, 2010 has been an extremely exciting year with enormous progress. Significant changes have taken place in Achham since 2008 when Nyaya saw its first patients’. Due to your constant support for health equity, over 50,000 patients have received free health care in one of the poorest regions of South Asia. We’ve [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Dec 1st, 2010
Posted by Jason Andrews The staff of Bayalpata Hospital and our community, led by Dr. Amir Bista and Megha Giri, celebrated World AIDS Day with a host of festivities. This included a dramatic enactment of the pathogenesis of HIV infection in which staff acted as the host, virus, CD4 count and opportunistic infection, as well [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Dec 1st, 2010
posted by Jason Andrews Today, millions of people around the world will recognize World AIDS Day by reflecting on the successes and challenges in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Thirty years into the epidemic, there have been remarkable advances in antiviral medications and medical therapy for HIV-related diseases. Largely in response to the toll of HIV [...]
Posted in News, Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Nov 29th, 2010
Posted by Bibhav Acharya Dr. Bikash Gauchan and Dr. Amir Bista, Nyaya’s two physicians, were running out of options for a very sick 17 year old girl from a remote village in Achham. She had been to several hospitals in the region and had conflicting lab results and no clear diagnosis. Despite our best efforts, [...]
Posted in News on Nov 19th, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya Nyaya Health was featured in the Nepali Times today. The article discusses our work since beginning operations in 2008. You can access the article here. Nyaya Health would like to thank the Nepali Times for it’s support and advocacy. Tweet This Post
Posted in News on Nov 16th, 2010
Posted by Sushant Wagley Nyaya Health recently presented a poster at Brown University during the Global Health and Water symposium held on 10 October 2010. Based on Nyaya’s experience developing a water system for Bayalpata Hospital, Nyaya’s poster highlighted three domains: infection control, health systems development, and strengthening local infrastructure. Working in a water-scarce region [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Nov 10th, 2010
Posted by Ryan Schwarz Yesterday at Bayalpata Hospital it was a 7 year old boy who’d fallen and likely broken his arm. Last week it was a 34 year old HIV positive patient who had a cough suspicious of tuberculosis. Both of these patients needed an x-ray to properly diagnose their medical conditions. While over [...]