Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Aug 31st, 2012
Posted by Ryan Schwarz I recently had the opportunity to meet several Achhami women who were receiving services from a local non-profit organization with which Nyaya partners. All of the patients are HIV positive and receive support services at home through our partner organization. The organization provides much-needed assistance in a number of psycho-social domains [...]
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Aug 28th, 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 Social Justice and Health on Aug 21st, 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 Social Justice and Health on Aug 18th, 2012
Posted by Roshan Bista My third day in the office at Bayalpata Hospital was a special day because it was the third anniversary of the hospital, as well as the inauguration of our new surgery block and microbiology lab at Bayalpata Hospital, Achham. It got even better when Dr. Paul Farmer arrived in Achham to [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Jul 27th, 2012
Posted by Gregory Karelas Almost one year ago, I wrote a piece for this blog titled “The Transformative Power of Paint”. Its purpose was to elucidate how small gestures can make great change. It was a pleasure to write and depicted beliefs that I still hold true. Thus, when the experience of touch emerged as a theme for [...]
Posted in Patient Stories on Jul 20th, 2012
Posted by Ashma Baruwal It was Thursday and I had just returned from my day off (my “weekend” falls on a Wednesday). After attending the update meeting I headed back to my office, making mental notes of the things that needed to be done. The waiting area for the patients was not too crowded, which [...]
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Jul 13th, 2012
Posted by Gregory Karelas This morning, our nursing staff greeted me with a phrase that has become too common at Bayalpata Hospital: “Gregory. We have no pani.” Translation: “Water is out again. We don’t know what to do.” As mentioned in previous stories and updates, water is a delicate and ever-unreliable commodity here at Bayalpata [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Jul 7th, 2012
Posted by Jesse Brady and Bibhusan Basnet In the past 8 months, the month of May recorded the highest number of bandhs (strikes) due to an extension of time allotted for drafting the national constitution. Many parts of the country have been reeling from the almost daily bandhs during the past few weeks, which have created a [...]
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Jul 3rd, 2012
Posted by Mark Arnoldy – Mark Arnoldy is the Executive Director of Nyaya Health Tweet This Post
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 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