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, News, Social Justice and Health on Mar 1st, 2010
Posted by Dan Schwarz
Nyaya has been awarded one of the first-round
UpToDate International Grant Subscriptions! UpToDate is an online clinical reference software, commonly used in many American teaching hospitals, but rarely accessible in the developing world. Through an exciting new granting program, UpToDate has teamed up with the Global Health Delivery Project to provide free subscriptions to [...]
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 Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Feb 14th, 2010
Posted by Chintan Maru
South Asia has no shortage of water stories. A hydro-electric dam project diverts a sacred river and displaces millions. The morning hustle at a slum’s communal tap breaks into a fatal fight. A monsoon rain blesses an inter-caste wedding. I began asking about Nyaya’s water story when I witnessed our night-watchman Kansa [...]
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 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 News on Jan 14th, 2010
Posted by Duncan Maru
Nyaya Health Blog was recently nominated for medgadget.com’s 2009 Best Medical Weblog competition.
To our writers and readers: thank you for your continued support and solidarity! Please help support us by making sure to cast your comments about our blog prior to the January 24 deadline.
Posted in Logistics and Management, News, Uncategorized on Dec 30th, 2009
Posted by Ryan Schwarz
We at Nyaya Health want to wish you and your family a Happy Holidays, and thank you once again for all of your support over the past year.
2009 was a year of great accomplishments for Nyaya, most notably, the opening of Bayalpata Hospital in June. Opening Bayalpata has already enabled us to [...]
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 Logistics and Management, News, Reports, Social Justice and Health on Nov 30th, 2009
Posted by Ryan Schwarz
Nyaya uses multiple “Web 2.0″ tools to facilitate our work in rural Nepal. Due to the challenges of rural healthcare delivery, most notably the lack of consistent power, using web-based technologies has greatly enhanced Nyaya’s ability to continue its work. In this week’s issue of the well-regarded medical science journal PLoS Medicine, [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, News, Reports, Social Justice and Health, Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2009
Posted by Sushant Wagley, following conversations with Ruma Rajbhandari
Delivery of quality healthcare requires providers to maintain and develop knowledge and skills in clinical practice and performance. Continuing Medical Education (CME) allows medical providers to maintain the knowledge and skills acquired during primary training, while also allowing for the adoption of latest advancements and improvements into [...]
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 [...]