Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Social Justice and Health on Jul 31st, 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 Logistics and Management on Mar 10th, 2012
Posted by Duncan Maru Owing to uncertain travel times, it is typically wise to anticipate spending about 36 hours in Kathmandu after leaving Achham. I am thus left trying to squeeze as many meetings and tasks as possible out of my trip. During my previous “exit trip,” four weeks before with Agya Poudyal, we had [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Aug 9th, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru We would love some discussion and feedback about a surgical implementation science protocol we just published on BMJ Open. This research will evaluate our implementation of surgical services at our rural district hospital in remote western Nepal. As you all are acutely aware, surgical care is a severely neglected area in [...]
Posted in News, Social Justice and Health on Jul 29th, 2011
Posted by Dan Schwarz Along our journey, Nyaya has been blessed to find support from all corners of the world, and among all our supporters, the dedication of our friends in Norway continues to humble and inspire us all. As has been written about on this blog twice before, we have received an incredible amount [...]
Posted in News on Jun 16th, 2008
Posted by Duncan Maru With the strong support of local community members and the ministry of health, Nyaya Health has begun preliminary planning for renovating and staffing a long-abandoned hospital complex near to our clinic. This is a long-term project requiring increasing our fundraising base, receiving all the necessary government approvals, improving upon our existing [...]