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, Social Justice and Health on Nov 19th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Oct 12th, 2009
Posted by Dan Schwarz, following conversation with Ruma Rajbhandari
Over the past two weeks, communication with the Nyaya Health staff in Achham has been very difficult due to the severe storms occurring throughout the region. One week ago, the Bayalpata Hospital satellite dish was struck by lightning, effectively cutting off all outside communication. Since then, it [...]
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 [...]
Posted in News on Aug 15th, 2009
Posted by Shefali Oza
Nyaya Health thanks the Indian Embassy in Nepal for its generous donation of an ambulance. With the addition of this ambulance, we will now be able to transport patients free of charge to regional hospitals between 5 and 15 hours away for life-threatening conditions we are unable to treat at Bayalpata [...]