http://blog.nyayahealth.org Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:00:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/06/follow_up_follow_through/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/06/follow_up_follow_through/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:00:38 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4157 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/06/follow_up_follow_through/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru I interact with our patients briefly, in the context of a consultation by one of our clinical team members. For most of the patients with whom I consult, I will never know whether we had the right diagnosis or the right treatment.  Without a clear mechanism for following up with our patients, I [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/05/cancer_call_for_action/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/05/cancer_call_for_action/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:00:40 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4151 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/05/cancer_call_for_action/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru A middle-aged woman presented with abdominal pain, bloating, and vaginal bleeding.  A few years ago, she had had some gynecologic surgery in India where her son was working.  They had no records of the procedure, nor did they know of what precisely the surgery had entailed.  She had suffered no fever or weight loss.  Our [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/03/dayinlife-gdk/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/03/dayinlife-gdk/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:00:44 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4191 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/03/dayinlife-gdk/feed/ 0 Posted by Dan Schwarz Nyaya’s team is composed of an impressive array of over 100 staff members in Achham, and countless volunteers around the world.  Our Country Director, Gregory Karelas, acts as the fulcrum for all of our operations in Achham, coordinating the work of both our Achhami staff and international volunteers.  Despite this, his [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/01/picofwk37/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/01/picofwk37/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:00:44 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4138 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/01/picofwk37/feed/ 0 Posted by Richa Pokhrel  ————————– Richa was born in Nepal but grew up in Iowa.  She is currently the Director of Evaluation and Research at Nyaya Health.  Richa has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Pittsburgh. Tweet This Post http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/31/21stcenturyngo/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/31/21stcenturyngo/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:40 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4228 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/31/21stcenturyngo/feed/ 0 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 [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/27/theoryofchange/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/27/theoryofchange/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:28 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3954 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/27/theoryofchange/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru We in the development, global health delivery, and social justice businesses seek to change current conditions that produce poverty, injustice, and ill-health.  On the one hand, our vision is often ambitious and over-sized for our levels of experience both as practitioners and visitors in communities that can remain unfamiliar even after [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/25/picofwk36/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/25/picofwk36/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:00:39 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4133 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/25/picofwk36/feed/ 0 Posted by Tess Panizales ————- Tess Panizales is the Quality Program Manager of the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health.   Tweet This Post http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/23/placeofcontradictions/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/23/placeofcontradictions/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:00:07 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4012 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/23/placeofcontradictions/feed/ 0 Posted by Agya Poudyal Doctors in Achham are God.  Ask the woman with a sick ten month old baby waiting outside the outpatient department (OPD) at Bayalpata Hospital and she will convince you that they are.  As one of our doctors and his clinical staff walk the long path to the OPD, a horde of [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/20/mohsupport/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/20/mohsupport/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:00:27 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4185 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/20/mohsupport/feed/ 0 Posted by Dan Schwarz This past week, Nyaya Health Nepal received a further allocation of 30lakh rupees (approximately $35,700 USD) from the Ministry of Health of Nepal.  As part of Nyaya Health Nepal’s public private partnership with the Nepali Ministry of Health to administer services at Bayalpata Hospital, the Ministry has made the strong commitment [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/18/picofwk35/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/18/picofwk35/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:00:56 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4129 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/18/picofwk35/feed/ 0 Posted by Tess Panizales ————- Tess Panizales is the Quality Program Manager of the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health. Tweet This Post http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/16/transforming_energy_systems/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/16/transforming_energy_systems/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:00:07 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4021 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/16/transforming_energy_systems/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru As I wrote in a recent tumblr post, since the early days of the Sanfe Clinic, energy has been a central challenge here in Achham.  Back in July, with assistance from both the Nepal Government and from the Monsanto Electronic Materials Company (MEMC) Foundation, our partners at Gham Power installed a [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/14/misplaced_fluid_missed_oppor_to_care/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/14/misplaced_fluid_missed_oppor_to_care/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:00:19 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4090 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/14/misplaced_fluid_missed_oppor_to_care/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru In Boston, I often see patients bounced around from one hospital or specialist to another.  It is a bit surprising to see this happen here in Achham, where the main challenge is a dearth of clinicians and hospitals, rather than an excess of them.  A sixty year old woman had been [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/11/picofwk34/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/11/picofwk34/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:00:41 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4126 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/11/picofwk34/feed/ 0 Posted by Tess Panizales ————- Tess Panizales is the Quality Program Manager of the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health. Tweet This Post http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/07/mothers-love-in-achham/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/07/mothers-love-in-achham/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:00:28 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4081 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/07/mothers-love-in-achham/feed/ 1 Posted by Richa Pokhrel If you asked an average mother how much they care for their children, I bet the answer would be a lot.  It would be so much that there would be no number value for it.  I ask this question because here in Achham we have come across some instances where human [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/04/picofwk33/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/04/picofwk33/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:00:21 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4117 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/04/picofwk33/feed/ 0 Posted by Tess Panizales ————- Tess Panizales is the Quality Program Manager of the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health. 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