Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Oct 4th, 2010
Posted by Jason Andrews and Astha Ramaiya Nepal was recently honored at The Millenium Development Goals (MDG) review summit for making significant progress in decreasing maternal mortality rates (MMR). According to government estimates, MMR has declined from 850 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to an estimated 229 per 100,000 live births in 2010 [1] . [...]
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Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Jun 26th, 2010
Posted by Dan Schwarz The Achham district, where Bayalpata Hospital is located, continues to suffer from severe energy shortages. As a result, periods of up to 18 hours of load-shedding–scheduled electricity outages– occur daily. In the face of these outages, the Nyaya Health team works to accommodate our high daily energy demands for medical services. Bayalpata Hospital currently [...]
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This is the first in a series of guest contributions by authors working for health justice in South Asia. We are pleased to support their work, and encourage our readers to think critically about the connection between our work and theirs. April marks Nyaya’s second birthday working as an advocate for health justice for the [...]
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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% [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Oct 12th, 2009
Posted by Dan Schwarz, following conversation with Ruma Rajbhandari Over the past two weeks, communication with the Nyaya Health staff in Achham has been very difficult due to the severe storms occurring throughout the region. One week ago, the Bayalpata Hospital satellite dish was struck by lightning, effectively cutting off all outside communication. Since then, [...]
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Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Oct 4th, 2009
Posted by Dan Schwarz It has now been several weeks since our last update on the cholera epidemic that has plagued Achham and other parts of Nepal in recent months, and we are happy to report that it has been waning as the monsoon season comes to an end. At Bayalpata Hospital, we have seen [...]
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Posted by Bibhav Acharya One of Nyaya Health’s board members, Bibhav Acharya, reflects on a patient’s story from the summer of 2008. She went into cardiac arrest as she was carried into the clinic. The men carrying her said she had been bitten by a snake. We put everything on hold and rushed to assist [...]
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Posted in Patient Stories on Aug 18th, 2009
Posted by Piali Mukhopadhyay and Astha Ramaiya Nyaya’s medical team has encountered a substantial number of fall injuries over the course of its operation in Sanfe Bagar and now Bayalpata Hospital. Such injuries are common in Achham due to the mountainous geography and poor road infrastructure. Most residents must navigate the challenging terrain on a [...]
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Posted in Social Justice and Health on Oct 15th, 2008
Posted by Bibhav Acharya Dr. Jhapat Thapa (Nyaya’s Medical Director) and I were summoned to Mangalsen, the district headquarters of Achham, to attend a district-wide meeting of NGOs and government bodies to tackle HIV. Mangalsen is a 7-hour hike from Sanfebagar and our trip started at the far left of the picture above and we [...]
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Posted in Social Justice and Health on Apr 15th, 2008
Posted by Tenzing Tekan Having lived most of my life in South Asia and seeing desperately poor people all the time, I thought I understood what it meant to be poor. But being from a middle class family in Kathmandu, my understanding of the poor is not fundamentally different from that of the average person [...]
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