Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Oct 30th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on Oct 26th, 2011
Posted by Jesse Brady ————- Jesse Brady is the Blog Editor of Nyaya Health and is currently pursuing her MS in International Medicine at Montana State University. Tweet This Post
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Oct 19th, 2011
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Posted in Social Justice and Health on Oct 12th, 2011
Posted by Jesse Brady ————- Jesse Brady is the Blog Editor of Nyaya Health and is currently pursuing her MS in International Medicine at Montana State University. Tweet This Post
Posted in Logistics and Management on Oct 5th, 2011
Posted by Jesse Brady ————- Jesse Brady is the Blog Editor of Nyaya Health and is currently pursuing her MS in International Medicine at Montana State University. Tweet This Post
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Oct 3rd, 2011
Posted by Ryan Schwarz In September, an article was published in the well-respected journal Pediatrics entitled “Challenges in setting up pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in a resource-limited country” which detailed the planning, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of Patan Hospital’s neonatal and pediatric intensive care units (NICU and PICU). Patan Hospital is one of the leading [...]
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Aug 6th, 2011
Posted by Ryan Schwarz Malnutrition is a critical health issue for children throughout Nepal, and in Achham where Nyaya works, nearly 1 in 5 children are qualified as malnourished. Bayalpata Hospital conducts a malnutrition screening and treatment program for all children who come to the hospital, and in the coming year will be expanding its [...]
Posted in Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Jun 10th, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru Recently, Dr. Bikash visited one of his patients with tuberculosis who did not make it to the hospital for his scheduled visit. He needed adherence counseling, an HIV test, and sputum investigation. Fortunately, he lives within an hour of the hospital. After outpatient clinic, Dr. Bikash and I motorbiked and walked [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on May 5th, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru Electricity is a central component to healthcare delivery, and where we work in Achham getting reliable energy is a challenge. I am hoping that this post will serve as a “before” snapshot at our energy system prior to the installation of our new solar system. We start at the single phase [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Apr 10th, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru Since the initial days of Nyaya Health, we have struggled to identify a viable strategy for our community health worker program. Despite a strong vision that community health workers are critical to our work, the program hobbled along for our first two years of existence. During that time, we had four [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on Feb 3rd, 2011
Posted by Ranju Sharma This is the first in a series of photos from our team in Nepal. Henceforth we will try to post a picture every 1-2 weeks offering our readers a glimpse into our work in Achham. ———————- Ranju Sharma is currently the Program Coordinator at Bayalpata Hospital. She recently completed her BSc [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Jan 17th, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru A 60 year old gentleman presented to Bayalpata Hospital today describing several months oflower back pain. A large proportion of adult patients who come to Bayalpata Hospital describe back pain. It is significantly challenging to determine which of these patients have a problem that is actually amenable to medical therapy. In [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Jan 12th, 2011
Posted by Dan Schwarz Nyaya’s Executive Director, Dan Schwarz, presented at the weekly Brown University Infectious Disease Rounds, discussing our HIV/AIDS management program in Achham. His talk was entitled “Meeting the need: Developing an HIV/AIDS treatment program in the Far West Region, Nepal.” You can view his slides here: ——————- Dan Schwarz is the Executive Director [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Dec 29th, 2010
Posted by Dan Schwarz Nyaya’s Executive Director, Dan Schwarz, presented a talk at the Harvard School of Public Health recently. His talk was entitled, “Developing partnerships for improved global health delivery.” You can watch and listen to Dan’s presentations here. ——————- Dan Schwarz is the Executive Director of Nyaya Health and a student in the Brown [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on Dec 5th, 2010
Posted by Ranju Sharma My previous blog in this series gave an overview of the structure and the rationale behind our newly implemented community health program. Here is a bit more detailed description of the structure of the program. In the community, the government’s Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) work under the supervision of Bayalpata Hospital’s [...]