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 and [...]
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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 to [...]
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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 Kansa [...]
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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 to [...]
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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 BP [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted in News on Dec 5th, 2009
Posted by Piali Mukhopadhyay
2009 has been a critical year in the growth of Nyaya Health. Our mission to expand access to health care in the Achham district of rural Nepal was further realized with the opening of Bayalpata Hospital this past June. For the first time, the people of Achham have access to a properly [...]
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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, [...]
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Posted by Dan Schwarz, following conversations with Ruma Rajbhandari
In a blog post last month (“Severe Storms in Achham”), we related the story of a two year old girl who had suffered a traumatic head injury after falling from a height of one storey. At the time, we were happy to report that, despite an initially [...]
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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 well [...]
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Posted in Logistics and Management on Sep 8th, 2009
Posted by Shefali Oza
Given the remote location of many households in Achham, our community health workers (CHWs) represent a critical bridge to the community. CHWs are primarily responsible for providing health education, conducting general surveillance, and visiting patients who require follow-up. The lack of roads and communication networks, which make this program an important step [...]
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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 to global [...]
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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 Logistics and Management on Jul 8th, 2009
Posted by Dennis Feehan
The staff at Bayalpata Hospital keep meticulous records of each patient’s visit to the facility. These records allow us to improve clinical services, track simple measures of activity, forecast future clinical needs, and fulfill our reporting requirements to the government. They also give us a window into the health and [...]
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Posted in Logistics and Management on Dec 17th, 2008
Posted by Duncan Maru
Nyaya Health has recently updated our Budget page on our public-access wiki to provide our line-by-line budget that is accessible to all. This, we believe, is fundamental to our mission of creating testable, scaleable, and accountable models for the rapid scale-up of comprehensive health services in areas affected by poverty, isolation, [...]
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