http://blog.nyayahealth.org Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:00:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/29/onedaywages/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/29/onedaywages/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:00:28 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4172 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/12/29/onedaywages/feed/ 0 Dear members of the Nyaya Health family, I am writing you today to tell you why we must forever change the way infectious diseases are diagnosed and treated in Far-Western Nepal through a new partnership with One Day’s Wages. That “why” for me was found in Maya, a patient at Bayalpata Hospital last October. Maya was like many [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/10/30/rumapih/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/10/30/rumapih/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:00:27 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3760 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/10/30/rumapih/feed/ 0 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 [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/10/01/article-published-describing-bayalpata-hospitals-morbidity-and-mortality-program/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/10/01/article-published-describing-bayalpata-hospitals-morbidity-and-mortality-program/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:00:48 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3655 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/10/01/article-published-describing-bayalpata-hospitals-morbidity-and-mortality-program/feed/ 0 Posted by Ryan Schwarz Over the last two years Nyaya has spearheaded a Morbidity and Mortality Conference (M&M), which aims to provide a venue for Bayalpata Hospital’s clinical staff to critically reflect on and evaluate serious illnesses and deaths that occur. The effort is aimed at improving the quality of the care we offer, particularly [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/07/19/bull-hit/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/07/19/bull-hit/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:00:04 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3267 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/07/19/bull-hit/feed/ 0 Posted by Ruma Rajbhandari It was around 7pm on a weekday at Bayalpata when our nightguard, Naresh dai, came running to fetch the doctor on call, “Bullit, bullit!  Dr. Saab.”  At first, we all thought someone with a bullet injury had come to the hospital.  On further clarification, we learned that a woman who had been hit by [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/05/06/mothersdaynt/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/05/06/mothersdaynt/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 04:00:59 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3032 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/05/06/mothersdaynt/feed/ 1 Posted by Ruma Rajbhandari Throughout the world, mothers are strong; but mothers in Far-Western Nepal seem to be in another league all together. In 2007, while working with Nick Simons Institute of Rural Health Care Training (NSI), I traveled to Bajhang district, a harrowing journey from Kathmandu involving a one hour flight, a sixteen hour [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/03/12/roadaccident/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/03/12/roadaccident/#comments Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:32:02 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=2783 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2011/03/12/roadaccident/feed/ 1 Posted by Ruma Rajbhandari Note: The following post has graphic content It seemed like it would be a quiet day at Bayalpata Hospital—the Outpatient Department queue was much shorter than the 200 patients that we had been averaging  almost every day over the last week.  The government had declared a national day of mourning for a past [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/04/15/harvard_south_asia_meeting/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/04/15/harvard_south_asia_meeting/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:23:22 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=1283 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2010/04/15/harvard_south_asia_meeting/feed/ 0 Nyaya was invited to present its work as a part of the Harvard University South Asian Public Health Meeting. The meeting, held over two days at the School of Public Health (Boston, USA), included speakers from various institutions and countries, discussing issues of healthcare delivery in South Asia. Dan Schwarz presented on behalf of Nyaya, [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/12/10/sex-selection-and-gender-inequality-in-nepal/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/12/10/sex-selection-and-gender-inequality-in-nepal/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:30:52 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=966 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/12/10/sex-selection-and-gender-inequality-in-nepal/feed/ 0 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 [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/11/23/930/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/11/23/930/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:48:42 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=930 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/11/23/930/feed/ 0 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 [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/11/19/head-injuries-in-children/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/11/19/head-injuries-in-children/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:13:07 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=912 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/11/19/head-injuries-in-children/feed/ 0 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 [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/10/12/895/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/10/12/895/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:16:36 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=895 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/10/12/895/feed/ 6 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, [...]