Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal
Posted in Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health on Jan 14th, 2012
Posted by Duncan Maru In Boston, I often see patients bounced around from one hospital or specialist to another. It is a bit surprising to see this happen here in Achham, where the main challenge is a dearth of clinicians and hospitals, rather than an excess of them. A sixty year old woman had been [...]
Posted in News on Nov 4th, 2010
Posted by Astha Ramaiya Nyaya Health’s team recently published “Turning a blind eye: The mobilization of radiology services in resource-poor regions“ in the journal Globalization and Health. The article discusses the scarce access and usage of diagnostic imaging in resource-poor settings, and outlines a need to scale up both the ultrasound and X – ray [...]
Posted in News on Sep 30th, 2008
Posted by Duncan Maru We have released our ultrasound rollout report (click to download) detailing the first month of our ultrasound program. Diagnostic imaging is largely unavailable to rural, impoverished communities throughout the world. In the area where Nyaya Health works in the district of Achham in western Nepal, there is no ultrasound capacity for [...]