Nyaya Health

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Posted by Dan Schwarz On Wednesday night, winding down my day, I skimmed the new WHO policy recommendations for improving health worker retention in rural areas1. Reading through the Executive Summary (I was way too tired to read the full report), I was, admittedly, a bit skeptical of the 16 recommendations, written from a desk [...]

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Posted by Sushant Wagley The following video is part of a series focusing on the experiences of Nyaya Health staff at Bayalpata Hospital. Through this venue, Nyaya aims to give our readers a better perspective on the challenges, successes, and experiences of dedicated Nyaya Health staff working to deliver healthcare in Achham. Dhan Bahadur Bogati [...]

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Posted by Astha Ramaiya Nyaya Co-Founder Jason Andrews, MD and Nyaya Director of Operations, Ryan Schwarz, were recently interviewed by Partners in Health. Here they discuss Nyaya’s history and our vision for the future. We would like to express our gratitude to Partners in Health for continually supporting our mission: Tweet This Post

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Posted by Duncan Maru, MD, PHD At Bayalpata Hospital, we face clinical questions that our so harsh, so uncomfortable, that they challenge our very humanity as healthcare providers.  The clinical challenge in this morbidity and mortality review is precisely one such instance: What is the appropriate management when a pregnant woman comes in from a [...]

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Posted by Astha Ramaiya Wendy Glauser, a journalist from Toronto, recently visited Nyaya’soperations in Achham and wrote about the Safe Motherhood Incentive Program and birthing practices in Nepal. You can read her piece in the Canadian Medical Association Journal which can be accessed here.   Tweet This Post

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Posted by Dan Schwarz <beep> <beep> <beep>…I open my eyes groggily; the “line” (electricity) has come back. <beep> I glance at my mobile – it’s 3:19am. <beep> The beeping annoys me, but it helps to wake me up so that I can get work done in the few minutes that we have electricity. It’s the [...]

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Posted by Dr. Sona Shilpakar Traveling the final leg of the long journey from Kathmandu to Bayalpata hospital, from the town of Sanfe Bagar up the hill to the Hospital, was far easier than I had expected. I had heard of the road’s previous condition prior to journeying here as a volunteer public health physician. [...]

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Posted by Sushant Wagley The following video is part of a series focusing on the experiences of Nyaya Health staff at Bayalpata Hospital. Through this venue, Nyaya aims to give our readers a better perspective on the challenges, successes, and experiences of dedicated Nyaya Health staff working to deliver healthcare in Achham. Dr. Jhapat Bahadur [...]

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Posted by Astha Ramaiya Bayalpata Hospital has recently been approved by the regional District Health Office to begin The Safe Motherhood Program, in which expectant mothers can be financially reimbursed for attending antenatal care (ANC) visits and delivering in the hospital. Given that Achham suffers from one of the highest maternal mortality rates in South [...]

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Posted by Sanjay Basu Nyaya Health has recently expanded its clinical reach to address one of the most basic, and yet widely unaddressed, health issues to affect the rural poor: malnutrition. Introducing micronutrient supplementation, fortified milk, and ready-to-use therapeutic foods, Nyaya hopes to attain the highest clinical standards to treat malnutrition as a chronic source of [...]

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