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/2011/12/24/fathers_back/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/24/fathers_back/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:00:15 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4076 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/24/fathers_back/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru “We’re just going for a walk down the hill.”  As he passed by me, I saw a sense of pride and almost playfulness in the father’s eyes.  He seemed to relish going for a walk with his daughter on a beautiful spring day in Achham.  I had met his daughter, sixteen [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/20/failinghearts/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/20/failinghearts/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:00:50 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3987 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/20/failinghearts/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru This week, a 70-year-old woman with emphysema and heart failure was admitted to Bayalpata Hospital with shortness of breath and limited ability to walk, likely related to heart failure.  She had murmurs indicative of aortic and tricuspid valve insufficiency.  Based on an echocardiogram (ultrasound) performed by our Health Assistant Uday Kshatriya [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/07/picofwk29/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/07/picofwk29/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:00:45 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3923 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/07/picofwk29/feed/ 0 Posted by Jesse Brady     ————-   Jesse Brady is the Blog Editor of Nyaya Health and is currently pursuing her MS in International Medicine at Montana State University.   Tweet This Post http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/05/with-gratitude-to-dhulikhel-hospital/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/05/with-gratitude-to-dhulikhel-hospital/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:00:39 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3916 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/05/with-gratitude-to-dhulikhel-hospital/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru Our Country Director and I had the honor of visiting Dhulikhel Hospital this week to meet with staff members and Administrative Director, Dr. Rajendra Koju.  Dhulikhel is a not-for-profit, non-governmental hospital that offers affordable prices to its patients and manifests a singular vision of high quality and equitable care in rural Nepal, representing much of [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/11/13/stubbed-toe/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/11/13/stubbed-toe/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:00:30 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3788 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/11/13/stubbed-toe/feed/ 1 Posted by Duncan Maru   [This poem was written by Duncan Maru, co-founder and President of Nyaya Health.]   You have come to me for a busted toe, an accident, you say. Dressed in your loose black shirt with a large Christian cross on it, grey sagging sweat pants. Your face, round, youthful, inquisitive, impresses [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/05/16/chwrenumeration/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/05/16/chwrenumeration/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 04:00:24 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3081 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/05/16/chwrenumeration/feed/ 2 Posted by Dan Schwarz Here at Bayalpata Hospital, we’ve recently had several visits from respected government and non-government officials / organizations who have questioned our policy of paying our community health workers (CHWs). In reflecting with them and in other conversations, I thought it might be appropriate to say a bit about our position on [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/05/06/mothersdaynt/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/05/06/mothersdaynt/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 04:00:59 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3032 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/05/06/mothersdaynt/feed/ 1 Posted by Ruma Rajbhandari Throughout the world, mothers are strong; but mothers in Far-Western Nepal seem to be in another league all together. In 2007, while working with Nick Simons Institute of Rural Health Care Training (NSI), I traveled to Bajhang district, a harrowing journey from Kathmandu involving a one hour flight, a sixteen hour [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/02/22/oceanpplenvandhealth/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/02/22/oceanpplenvandhealth/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:55:32 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=2560 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/02/22/oceanpplenvandhealth/feed/ 0 Posted by Astha Ramaiya As I sit in the boat looking out at the vast ocean, I have two thoughts in my mind. One is how to control my sea sickness and the other is if used properly, how much this water could be utilized for electricity and good health outcomes. The Earth comprises of [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/02/19/injusticeandinfectedwomb/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/02/19/injusticeandinfectedwomb/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:42:35 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=2587 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/02/19/injusticeandinfectedwomb/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru Note: Please be advised of potentially graphic medical content. The delivery room at Bayalpata Hospital was dimly lit.  The walls, a pale yellow; the floor, the kind of brown cement that, though freshly cleaned by our health aide Chandrika didi, could never look clean.  On the delivery table was a blue [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/01/17/compassion-and-consumption/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/01/17/compassion-and-consumption/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:00:10 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=2453 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/01/17/compassion-and-consumption/feed/ 1 Posted by Duncan Maru A 60 year old gentleman presented to Bayalpata Hospital today describing several months oflower back pain.  A large proportion of adult patients who come to Bayalpata Hospital describe back pain.  It is significantly challenging to determine which of these patients have a problem that is actually amenable to medical therapy.  In [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/12/13/th_poptech/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/12/13/th_poptech/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:00:54 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=2312 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/12/13/th_poptech/feed/ 1 Posted by Ryan Schwarz Founder of Nyaya partner organization Tiyatien Health (TH), Raj Panjabi, recently presented TH’s work at the Pop!Tech conference. You can learn more about TH’s work in Liberia and their inspiring community health worker model here: Raj Panjabi: Post-Conflict Health from PopTech on Vimeo. ——————- Ryan Schwarz is the Director of Operations of Nyaya [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/12/01/world_aids_day_bayalpata_2010/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/12/01/world_aids_day_bayalpata_2010/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:20:45 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=2276 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/12/01/world_aids_day_bayalpata_2010/feed/ 0 Posted by Jason Andrews The staff of Bayalpata Hospital and our community, led by Dr. Amir Bista and Megha Giri, celebrated World AIDS Day with a host of festivities.  This included a dramatic enactment of the pathogenesis of HIV infection in which staff acted as the host, virus, CD4 count and opportunistic infection, as well [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/12/01/world_aids_day_10/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/12/01/world_aids_day_10/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:56:31 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=2263 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/12/01/world_aids_day_10/feed/ 0 posted by Jason Andrews Today, millions of people around the world will recognize World AIDS Day by reflecting on the successes and challenges in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Thirty years into the epidemic, there have been remarkable advances in antiviral medications and medical therapy for HIV-related diseases. Largely in response to the toll of HIV [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/11/14/norwegiangrpvisit/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/11/14/norwegiangrpvisit/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 04:00:25 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=2187 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/11/14/norwegiangrpvisit/feed/ 3 Posted by Knut Skyberg and Borgny Ween We were a group of Norwegians and Nepali visiting Bayalpata Hospital. Four of us Norwegians came to Nepal for the first time. Our main purpose was to get insight in this well driven health development project we have supported. During our 3-week stay in Nepal we have seen [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/10/28/pm_exec_di/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/10/28/pm_exec_di/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:34:59 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=1979 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/10/28/pm_exec_di/feed/ 0 Posted by Astha Ramaiya Nyaya Health and Partners in Health’s partner organization, Project Muso, forwarded the following request for a job opening. Project Muso has been doing tremendous work for health care equity in Mali since 2005. They are currently advertising for their first full-time Executive Director position and we are honored to spread the word [...]