Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Logistics and Management, Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Mar 15th, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya
One of the most entrenched forms of gender inequality in Achham is that of illiteracy. The literacy rate amongst young girls aged six to fifteen is only 16% compared to 54% among boys of the same age group. Adult literacy among women in Achham is an appalling 7% compared to 48% among [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News, Social Justice and Health on Mar 6th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, staff profiles on Feb 19th, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya
All countries have different structures of health care staff based based on their particular local government system. We understand that reading Nyaya blog entries which discuss the different staff at Bayalpata Hospital can be confusing for our readers. In this entry we hope to clarify the different roles and qualifications of staff [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Feb 5th, 2010
Posted by Chintan Maru
On Thursday, under a banyan tree that has sheltered generations, the village of Ridikot assembled to discuss its annual development goals. Dr. Jhapat Thapa, Nyaya’s Medical Director, was invited to sit with community leaders including representatives of the major political parties, Dalit and women’s rights groups, and the sole member of the [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Logistics and Management, Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Jan 25th, 2010
Posted by Ryan Schwarz
Nyaya Health is pleased to announce it has received an anonymous gift of $25,000 to purchase an X-ray machine for Bayalpata Hospital. Nyaya is honored to receive this gift and is excited to offer our patients better care through this program!
Currently, there is no X-ray machine in the area where Nyaya Health works. [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Logistics and Management on Jan 21st, 2010
Posted by Ranju Sharma
Nyaya volunteer Ranju Sharma recounts a day she spent in the summer of 2009 with two of Nyaya’s CHWs
Achham had recently had the first few rainfalls of this year’s monsoon when we went for a community visit with two of Nyaya Health Community Health Workers (CHWs). The day was not an ideal [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Jan 12th, 2010
Posted by Sushant Wagley
For Nyaya Health, a steady water supply is essential for delivering health care services at Bayalpata Hospital. Ridikot, the village development committee (VDC) where Bayalpata Hospital is located, is an especially dry VDC with limited water supply. Communities surrounding Bayalpata Hospital – and even most of the district of Achham – do [...]
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 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 [...]
Posted in News on Sep 14th, 2009
Posted by Shefali Oza
Nyaya Health has posted its update for May through August of this year. In this update, we document our opening of Bayalpata Hospital in collaboration with the Nepali Ministry of Health and Population and provide up-to-date statistics of our first 2 months of hospital operation. We discuss some serious challenges we [...]
Posted in News on Sep 12th, 2009
Posted by Sushant Wagley
* Note: This is the fourth in a series of Nyaya Health staff member profiles. Through these profiles, which are posted on Saturdays, we hope to give you a better idea of the people who are working on the ground to implement Nyaya’s vision on a daily basis.
Dhan Bahadur was born and [...]
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 [...]
Posted in staff profiles on Sep 5th, 2009
Posted by Ranju Sharma
* Note: This is the third in a series of Nyaya Health staff member profiles. Through these profiles, which are posted on Saturdays, we hope to give you a better idea of the people who are working on the ground to implement Nyaya’s vision on a daily basis.
Sangeeta Nepali, one of Nyaya’s [...]
Posted in Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Sep 1st, 2009
Posted by Bibhav Acharya
One of Nyaya Health’s board members, Bibhav Acharya, reflects on a patient’s story from the summer of 2008.
She went into cardiac arrest as she was carried into the clinic. The men carrying her said she had been bitten by a snake. We put everything on hold and rushed to assist her. There [...]