Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Jul 31st, 2012
Posted by Lindsey Youngquist _____________ Lindsey Youngquist is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar studying Community Health in Nepal. She recently volunteered at Bayalpata Hospital in Achham. Tweet This Post
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Mar 24th, 2012
Posted by Sheela Maru The sun penetrated deep into our chilled bodies as we talked on the lawn outside the delivery room of Bayalpata Hospital. We found our first study participant there, with her 6 hour old infant, basking in the hot, therapeutic rays. She answered our foreign questions meekly with a slightly confused look. We were probing [...]
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Sep 9th, 2011
Posted by Jason Andrews Once every five years, a trove of data on the state of Nepal’s population health is released, often to very little fanfare. Each of the national dailies picks a key statistic or two to point out whether the country is ahead or behind target on a select Millennium Development Goal. For [...]
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Aug 18th, 2011
Posted by Agya Poudyal Each week, over the Nyaya Health team list, both a hospital update and community health worker program update is sent for reflections. Although there has only been one weekly update published in the past, the blog team would like to increase the frequency of notes from Achham to inform readers about [...]