Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Logistics and Management on Dec 16th, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru In September of 2011, Bayalpata Hospital in rural Achham, Nepal almost collapsed under the weight of its own staff discontent. The hospital, a government facility, had been largely abandoned until 2009 when our organization Nyaya Health endeavored to open it in partnership with local and national authorities. Since then the hospital [...]
Posted in News on Dec 10th, 2011
Dear friends and family, I am honored to share that last week Nyaya Health became part of the 1% of organizations examined by GiveWell to be distinguished as a standout organization. GiveWell, deemed “the gold standard for giving” by the Boston Globe, takes their evaluations seriously. In fact, only 6 of the 750 organizations examined this [...]
Posted in News on Dec 5th, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru Our Country Director and I had the honor of visiting Dhulikhel Hospital this week to meet with staff members and Administrative Director, Dr. Rajendra Koju. Dhulikhel is a not-for-profit, non-governmental hospital that offers affordable prices to its patients and manifests a singular vision of high quality and equitable care in rural Nepal, representing much of [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on Nov 26th, 2011
The Management Center highlighted Nyaya Health and its core values in the recent edition of “The Management Fix.” Jerry Hauser , CEO of The Management Center, commends Nyaya’s core values of efficiency, results, and transparency, and references the introductory email sent to new Nyaya employees which features these values. The article is available here. Tweet This Post
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on Oct 9th, 2011
Posted by Gregory Karelas [The following is a letter from Country Director Gregory Karelas, which he sent over our open-access Nyaya member listserve about some recent events in Achham.] Dear Nyaya staff, volunteers and supporters, I wish to share with you a story of perseverance in the face of discord and uncertainty. On September 9th, [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on Sep 13th, 2011
Posted by Jason Andrews Nyaya Health is pleased to be a signatory of the NGO Code of Conduct for Health Systems Strengthening. This code was promulgated by several notable nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to guide organizations to “limit their harmful effects and maximize their contributions to strengthening public health systems.” Our team at Nyaya Health has [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on Aug 21st, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru In a speech recently on his government’s funding of the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunizations, British Prime Minister David Cameron’s delivered some welcome statements about the importance of transparency in global development aid [1]. Notably, all recipients of British foreign aid “must publish what they do, where they get their [...]
Posted in News on Jun 8th, 2011
Posted by Ryan Schwarz On April 1st, The Nick Simons Foundation generously donated $25,000 to Nyaya and offered an additional matching donation of $75,000 more – the total donation, if Nyaya was able to raise $75,000 ourselves, would equal $175,000! I write today to announce that with your support Nyaya has not only reached that [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on May 31st, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru Access to organizational documents are a key aspect of transparency. Overall, Nyaya has done a solid job documenting what we do so that our staff, leadership team, and volunteers are able to access the “institutional memory” needed to get work done. We’ve had a hodge-podge of a system in accomplishing this, [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, Social Justice and Health on May 22nd, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru Much has been written and talked about with regards to the need for organizations, corporations, and governments to operate more transparently. The non-profit sector is particularly problematic, as the Global Accountability Report has made clear. Nyaya Health for our part has long held an organizational mandate of transparent operations. Operationalizing transparency [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on Apr 26th, 2011
Posted by Duncan Maru Data management is a core process of any healthcare operation. Nyaya Health has a central mission of using data to drive our services, evaluate our outcomes, and to disseminate our work to others. We have published papers and have extensive data uploaded to our wiki. Our data management program has a [...]
Posted in News on Apr 13th, 2011
Bibhav Acharya, Executive Vice-President of Nyaya Health was invited to present at an interaction between non resident Nepalis and the two ambassadors (Nepali ambassador to the US and the US ambassador to Nepal) in Washington DC. This invitation-only event was organized by The Non-Resident Nepalis Association ( NRN) National Coordination Council of USA and featured in the Nepal News. [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management on Apr 7th, 2011
Posted by Gregory Karelas Upon arriving at Bayalpata Hospital, one might expect to be greeted by a gentleman wearing a black coat and dark slacks, a bright blue scarf and hair that is immaculately styled, all contributing to a veneer of professionalism that is patent and palpable. He might appear unannounced with surprising promptness and [...]
Posted in Logistics and Management, News on Feb 1st, 2011
Dear friends and family, Today we share with you our 2010 Annual Report – we hope you’ll take a moment to read about the wonderful progress Nyaya and our partners have made this year in Achham, in the rural and impoverished west of Nepal. Nyaya began five years ago, compelled by the simple idea that [...]
Posted in News on Jan 27th, 2011
Posted by Astha Ramaiya In October Nyaya’s Wiki was selected as one of the Featured Projects for the FACT Social Justice Challenge. Recently, NetSquared, the sponsor of the Challenge interviewed Nyaya’s Director of Operations to learn more about Nyaya’s work in the global health delivery field. You can read his interview here. Tweet This Post