Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in News on Dec 10th, 2011
Dear friends and family, I am honored to share that last week Nyaya Health became part of the 1% of organizations examined by GiveWell to be distinguished as a standout organization. GiveWell, deemed “the gold standard for giving” by the Boston Globe, takes their evaluations seriously. In fact, only 6 of the 750 organizations examined this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 7th, 2011
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
Posted in News on Dec 5th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on Nov 26th, 2011
The Management Center highlighted Nyaya Health and its core values in the recent edition of “The Management Fix.” Jerry Hauser , CEO of The Management Center, commends Nyaya’s core values of efficiency, results, and transparency, and references the introductory email sent to new Nyaya employees which features these values. The article is available here. Tweet This Post
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Nov 20th, 2011
Nyaya Health is honored to be a member of the Praxis Network, an organization dedicated to promoting the “rights to health, equity, and dignity for people living in poverty around the world.” Today we are proud to announce the release of the Praxis Network Concept Paper. Please read this document to learn about how Nyaya Health is [...]
Posted in Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Nov 13th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in News on Nov 10th, 2011
Nyaya’s Bayalpata Hospital and one of our partners, TEAM Hospital, in the nearby district of Dadeldhura, were featured in a new article on GHDonline . The article discusses the development of health services in rural western Nepal, and specifically, the cooperation of GHDonline communities to improve communication between local healthcare implementers. You can read the [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Logistics and Management, Reports, Social Justice and Health on Nov 6th, 2011
Posted by Agya Poudyal [Below is the Community Health Worker (CHW) update from Bayalpata Hospital for the month of Bhadra, as well as a story relating the experiences of CHWs in the field.] 1. Community Health Worker (CHW) Data for the Month of Bhadra: Three new categories have been introduced in this month’s table: [...]
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Oct 30th, 2011
Posted by Ruma Rajbhandari [Ruma Rajbhandari, of Nyaya Health, the Nick Simons Institute, and Partners In Health, recently presented at the 18th Annual Thomas J. White Symposium, held on September 24th, 2011 by Partners In Health. The theme of this year’s symposium was “From Innovation to Transformation: Partnerships in Action,” and Ruma shared her [...]
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Oct 30th, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru Our wonderful collaborator, Selwyn Rogers at the Center for Surgery and Public Health, and I presented our surgical implementation science protocol at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School recently. The slides for the talk are available here: We received some excellent and insightful feedback from a room full of about 25 [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on Oct 26th, 2011
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
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Oct 19th, 2011
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Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Oct 16th, 2011
Posted by Ryan Schwarz This month, Nyaya’s partner organization Partners In Health (PIH) released their Program Management Guide. This guide is a manual put together through the enormous work effort of their staff across the globe; it “offers a structured approach to starting a program, revamping an existing one, or expanding a site based on [...]
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Oct 12th, 2011
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
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Oct 9th, 2011
Posted by Gregory Karelas [The following is a letter from Country Director Gregory Karelas, which he sent over our open-access Nyaya member listserve about some recent events in Achham.] Dear Nyaya staff, volunteers and supporters, I wish to share with you a story of perseverance in the face of discord and uncertainty. On September 9th, [...]