Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Jul 1st, 2012
Posted by Duncan Maru I wrote the following email last August to our Country Director, Gregory Karelas, and Executive Director, Mark Arnoldy, who had both recently taken the helm of Nyaya Health. It was at a challenging moment of transition, and one that brought much frustration and self-doubt. I asked Greg and Mark that I [...]
Posted in News on Jun 24th, 2012
Dear Readers, Mountains have become a metaphor for the challenges inherent in the work we do. Surprisingly, that is not because we work in Nepal. Instead, it is credited to Mountains Beyond Mountains, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder’s moving account of Dr. Paul Farmer’s quest to bring quality health care to the poor around the [...]
Posted in News on Jun 23rd, 2012
Posted by Mark Arnoldy As a 22-year old, I distinctly recall rumbling along Route Nationale #3, Haiti’s unpaved and unattended central vein, toward the town of Cange. While crawling up a dusty incline past the dam that spawned Lac Peligre on my right, a nervous anticipation set in. Those nerves were not of the sort [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Jun 22nd, 2012
Posted by Bibhusan Basnet It is for a reason that we admit patients for inpatient treatment. As doctors, we admit them and order medications and treatment, but the inpatient department (IPD) is mostly run by nursing staff. Normally, doctors are just there for the regular rounds and the emergency calls. Due to the large number [...]
Posted in News on Jun 21st, 2012
Posted by Ryan Schwarz My plane landed in Kathmandu this morning – my first day back in the country after a stint too long away (as a resident physician in the USA now, finding time away from work can be challenging). Coincidentally, today is also the 3rd anniversary of Nyaya’s collaboration with the Nepali Ministry [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Jun 20th, 2012
Posted by Jason Andrews and Sanjay Basu For the last several years, we’ve heard that privatizing public health systems in poor countries would be the best way to build more sustainable, efficient and effective healthcare systems. Large multinational firms and the World Bank have put out several reports advocating for the poorest countries to privatize. [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Jun 19th, 2012
Posted by Lindsey Youngquist _____________ Lindsey Youngquist is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar studying Community Health in Nepal. She recently volunteered at Bayalpata Hospital in Achham. Tweet This Post
Posted in Clinic Staff on Jun 14th, 2012
Posted by Duncan Maru I had dozed off, I think, when the jeep pulled over. The door opened and our young patient and her mother got into the back. It was pitch black, where the new moon had ceded the night stage completely to the stars. Suddenly, mayhem seemed to break loose. The child’s father, [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Jun 12th, 2012
Posted by Lindsey Youngquist _____________ Lindsey Youngquist is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar studying Community Health in Nepal. She recently volunteered at Bayalpata Hospital in Achham. Tweet This Post
Posted in Logistics and Management on Jun 10th, 2012
Posted by Ashma Baruwal [The following post was adapted from the community health report for the month of Baisakh, which spans from the middle of April to the middle of May on a Gregorian calendar.] This month, program development included the design of a family health program, menstrual hygiene workshop, and a high school health [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2012
Posted by Lindsey Youngquist _____________ Lindsey Youngquist is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar studying Community Health in Nepal. She recently volunteered at Bayalpata Hospital in Achham. Tweet This Post
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Jun 3rd, 2012
Posted by Dan Schwarz This past week, Nyaya had the opportunity to attend Partners In Health’s (PIH) first annual Community Health Worker (CHW) Summit in Boston. More than 30 CHW program leaders from more than 20 countries/programs attended, including representatives from Tiyatien Health (Liberia), Project Muso (Mali), Zanmi Lasante (Haiti), Inshuti Mu Buzima (Rwanda), Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (Malawi), Companeros de Salud (Mexico), Socios en Salud (Peru), [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Logistics and Management on May 29th, 2012
Posted by Mark Arnoldy ————- Mark Arnoldy is the Executive Director of Nyaya Health. Tweet This Post
Posted in Logistics and Management on May 26th, 2012
Posted by Gregory Karelas Over the past few months, renovations have been underway to transform Bayalpata’s former Labor and Delivery Room into a fully-functional Isolation Room with an external entrance. This room provides a safe and comfortable environment for patients afflicted with communicable diseases, such as tuberculosis, who need to receive treatment separately from the [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Patient Stories on May 22nd, 2012
Posted by Mark Arnoldy ————- Mark Arnoldy is the Executive Director of Nyaya Health. Tweet This Post