Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in News, Reports, Social Justice and Health, Uncategorized on Jan 14th, 2010
Posted by Dan Schwarz
At this time of great crisis, Nyaya Health would like to express its solidarity with the people of Haiti, and the various NGOs and governments who are currently working in these crucial hours in the rescue and relief operations. We hope that our supporters will contribute to these efforts, either by making [...]
Posted in Patient Stories, Reports, Social Justice and Health, Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2009
Posted by Dan Schwarz
“I have seven girls. I had one boy but he died when he was very young. I’ve been to Dhangadi two times before [for ultrasound diagnostics] but both times they were girls and I got rid of them.”
-Excerpted from Dr. Ruma Rajbhandari’s new article in The Nepali Times
In the United States, gender inequality [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News, Reports, Social Justice and Health on Nov 30th, 2009
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 Medicine, [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, News, Reports, Social Justice and Health, Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2009
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 into [...]
Posted by Shefali Oza
Nyaya Health has posted its update for the first four months of this year. In this update, we describe how we have reviewed our services and determined how to continue improving community-based primary care in our region, build a stronger public health system in cooperation with local and national government, and [...]
Click here to download our Semiannual Report
Achham has seen a massive change in health delivery over the last four
months. Since the opening of our clinic in April, we have served over
6200 patients. We have continued to work with the government and
local citizens to achieve our goal of scaling up health services in
the region. [...]
Please download the report here:
http://www.nyayahealth.org/Library/2008_First_Quarter.pdf
In this report we describe the clinic we have renovated and introduce our staff.