Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Dec 13th, 2010
Posted by Ryan Schwarz Founder of Nyaya partner organization Tiyatien Health (TH), Raj Panjabi, recently presented TH’s work at the Pop!Tech conference. You can learn more about TH’s work in Liberia and their inspiring community health worker model here: Raj Panjabi: Post-Conflict Health from PopTech on Vimeo. ——————- Ryan Schwarz is the Director of Operations of Nyaya [...]
Posted in News, Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Nov 29th, 2010
Posted by Bibhav Acharya Dr. Bikash Gauchan and Dr. Amir Bista, Nyaya’s two physicians, were running out of options for a very sick 17 year old girl from a remote village in Achham. She had been to several hospitals in the region and had conflicting lab results and no clear diagnosis. Despite our best efforts, [...]
Posted in News on Nov 19th, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya Nyaya Health was featured in the Nepali Times today. The article discusses our work since beginning operations in 2008. You can access the article here. Nyaya Health would like to thank the Nepali Times for it’s support and advocacy. Tweet This Post
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Nov 14th, 2010
Posted by Knut Skyberg and Borgny Ween We were a group of Norwegians and Nepali visiting Bayalpata Hospital. Four of us Norwegians came to Nepal for the first time. Our main purpose was to get insight in this well driven health development project we have supported. During our 3-week stay in Nepal we have seen [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Nov 10th, 2010
Posted by Ryan Schwarz Yesterday at Bayalpata Hospital it was a 7 year old boy who’d fallen and likely broken his arm. Last week it was a 34 year old HIV positive patient who had a cough suspicious of tuberculosis. Both of these patients needed an x-ray to properly diagnose their medical conditions. While over [...]
Posted in News on Oct 28th, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya Nyaya Health and Partners in Health’s partner organization, Project Muso, forwarded the following request for a job opening. Project Muso has been doing tremendous work for health care equity in Mali since 2005. They are currently advertising for their first full-time Executive Director position and we are honored to spread the word [...]
Posted in Clinic Staff, Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Oct 27th, 2010
Posted by Ranju Sharma The following post is part of a biweekly series of Bayalpata Hospital’s community health program related posts by Ranju Sharma. For more posts by the author go here. The women listened attentively, occasionally offering anecdotes of their own similar experiences, as one of Bayalpata’s volunteers recounted a story of patient recovery [...]
Posted in Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Aug 9th, 2010
Posted by Duncan Maru, MD, PHD At Bayalpata Hospital, we face clinical questions that our so harsh, so uncomfortable, that they challenge our very humanity as healthcare providers. The clinical challenge in this morbidity and mortality review is precisely one such instance: What is the appropriate management when a pregnant woman comes in from a [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News, Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Aug 2nd, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya Wendy Glauser, a journalist from Toronto, recently visited Nyaya’soperations in Achham and wrote about the Safe Motherhood Incentive Program and birthing practices in Nepal. You can read her piece in the Canadian Medical Association Journal which can be accessed here. Tweet This Post
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Jul 31st, 2010
Posted by Dan Schwarz <beep> <beep> <beep>…I open my eyes groggily; the “line” (electricity) has come back. <beep> I glance at my mobile – it’s 3:19am. <beep> The beeping annoys me, but it helps to wake me up so that I can get work done in the few minutes that we have electricity. It’s the [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Jul 28th, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya Dr. Arjun Karki, the vice chancellor of the Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS), recently gave a presentation to a couple of Nyaya members on the PAHS model of medical education and health system development. Working in Achham, Nyaya has faced a shortage of human resources because of its remoteness, lack [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Jul 27th, 2010
Posted by Dr. Sona Shilpakar Traveling the final leg of the long journey from Kathmandu to Bayalpata hospital, from the town of Sanfe Bagar up the hill to the Hospital, was far easier than I had expected. I had heard of the road’s previous condition prior to journeying here as a volunteer public health physician. [...]
Posted in News on Jul 18th, 2010
Posted by Bibhav Acharya In January 2010, we received an enthusiastic email from a Nepali living in Norway who was impressed with Nyaya’s work and wanted to fundraise for Achham. A few months later, Chhavi Raj Bhatt and his team raised over $10,000 at a concert and birthday party in Oslo. We asked them a [...]
Posted in News, Patient Stories, Reports, Social Justice and Health on May 16th, 2010
Posted by Ryan Schwarz Nepali film-maker Subina Shrestha has produced a new documentary on birthing practices in western Nepal and their effect on women’s health. The production was recently aired in an episode of WITNESS, an Al Jazeera television production. Shrestha explores why Nepal has among the highest rates of maternal mortality in South Asia; [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Feb 14th, 2010
Posted by Chintan Maru South Asia has no shortage of water stories. A hydro-electric dam project diverts a sacred river and displaces millions. The morning hustle at a slum’s communal tap breaks into a fatal fight. A monsoon rain blesses an inter-caste wedding. I began asking about Nyaya’s water story when I witnessed our night-watchman [...]