Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Clinic Staff on Aug 30th, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya In the last week, Nyaya lost a very valuable member of it’s family, Lal Bahadur Kunwar. Lal worked at Nyaya Health in the capacity of a Health Assistant for 2 years. In addition to his Health Assistant responsibilities and duties, Lal enthusiastically volunteered and helped with other ongoing challenges both at [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Mar 26th, 2010
Posted by Ranju Sharma In early January, The Kathmandu Post reported the death of a woman in the district of Achham during her stay in a “Chhaupadi goth.” She was found dead in the shed on the fifth day of her stay; her eight-month-old son, who stayed with her, was found unconscious. Two weeks before [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Logistics and Management, Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya Recently, we asked our friend and colleague, Dr. Subhas Sitaula, to discuss his work and the work of Nyaya, and the interrelated impact of both in the Far Western region where we work. Biographical background: Dr. Subhas Sitaula is originally from the central region of Nepal, and completed his MBBS from [...]
Posted in Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Nov 19th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Mortality Reviews on Oct 29th, 2009
Posted by Duncan Maru, MD, PHD Nyaya Health is undertaking an innovative experiment in operations management by reviewing all deaths that occur at the Bayalpata hospital and identifying systems-level changes to prevent future deaths. Programs aimed at assessing the root causes of deaths can help to assess effectiveness and can identify programmatic weaknesses. Implementing such [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]