http://blog.nyayahealth.org Working towards Health Equity and Access in Rural Nepal Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:33:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/24/x_ray_repair/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/24/x_ray_repair/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:00:26 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4330 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/24/x_ray_repair/feed/ 0 Posted by Ruma Rajbhandari When Dhan Bahadur, our X-ray Technician, called us over and told us that our X-ray machine was broken, I was shocked.  This was the WHIS-RAD, the extremely durable and safe machine promoted by the World Health Organization, for being perfect for resource-poor settings.  It was supposed to last for many years, not [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/22/picofwk40/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/22/picofwk40/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:00:16 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4286 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/22/picofwk40/feed/ 0 Posted by Tess Panizales Tweet This Post http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/20/techimprovements/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/20/techimprovements/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:00:22 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4208 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/20/techimprovements/feed/ 0 Posted by Dan Schwarz Recently, thanks to the efforts of volunteers from around the world, donors, and our dedicated staff, several substantial technological improvements have been made at Bayalpata Hospital. In the past, we’ve struggled with the lack of consistent electricity, and consequently, have had to carefully ration our energy utilization.  This has, of course, [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/17/progress-with-time/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/17/progress-with-time/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:00:35 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4203 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/17/progress-with-time/feed/ 1 Posted by Dan Schwarz After being absent from Bayalpata for nearly six months, I returned in late December with great excitement to see the many changes and steps forward that have transpired since I’ve been gone.  And indeed, I have not been met with disappointment.  While our staff had continued to work diligently, serving the [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/15/picofwk39/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/15/picofwk39/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:06:46 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4282 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/15/picofwk39/feed/ 0 Posted by Tess Panizales   ————- Tess Panizales is the Quality Program Manager of the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health. Tweet This Post http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/13/helping-a-dead-man/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/13/helping-a-dead-man/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:00:17 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4087 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/13/helping-a-dead-man/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru Here is a man we can help.  He’s a forty-two year old farmer and migrant worker to India who is extremely sick, but fixable.  I first heard about him a few minutes ago from one of our superb Health Assistant, Chanakya, who found me while I was going through expired medicines [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/10/malnutrnmismgmt/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/10/malnutrnmismgmt/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:00:28 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4161 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/10/malnutrnmismgmt/feed/ 2 Posted by Duncan Maru It was a straightforward task: to measure malnutrition in the areas served by our community health workers (CHWs).  In August, we mobilized our CHWs, who went out into their communities and recorded heights and measurements for over 1500 children.  Subsequently, however, all the surveys were left in a filing cabinet and were not [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/08/picofwk38/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/08/picofwk38/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:00:21 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4277 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/08/picofwk38/feed/ 0 Posted by Tess Panizales ————- Tess Panizales is the Quality Program Manager of the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health. Tweet This Post http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/06/follow_up_follow_through/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/06/follow_up_follow_through/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:00:38 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4157 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/06/follow_up_follow_through/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru I interact with our patients briefly, in the context of a consultation by one of our clinical team members. For most of the patients with whom I consult, I will never know whether we had the right diagnosis or the right treatment.  Without a clear mechanism for following up with our patients, I [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/05/cancer_call_for_action/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/05/cancer_call_for_action/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:00:40 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4151 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/05/cancer_call_for_action/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru A middle-aged woman presented with abdominal pain, bloating, and vaginal bleeding.  A few years ago, she had had some gynecologic surgery in India where her son was working.  They had no records of the procedure, nor did they know of what precisely the surgery had entailed.  She had suffered no fever or weight loss.  Our [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/03/dayinlife-gdk/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/03/dayinlife-gdk/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:00:44 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4191 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/03/dayinlife-gdk/feed/ 1 Posted by Dan Schwarz Nyaya’s team is composed of an impressive array of over 100 staff members in Achham, and countless volunteers around the world.  Our Country Director, Gregory Karelas, acts as the fulcrum for all of our operations in Achham, coordinating the work of both our Achhami staff and international volunteers.  Despite this, his [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/01/picofwk37/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/01/picofwk37/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:00:44 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4138 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/02/01/picofwk37/feed/ 0 Posted by Richa Pokhrel  ————————– Richa was born in Nepal but grew up in Iowa.  She is currently the Director of Evaluation and Research at Nyaya Health.  Richa has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Pittsburgh. Tweet This Post http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/31/21stcenturyngo/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/31/21stcenturyngo/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:40 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4228 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/31/21stcenturyngo/feed/ 0 Posted by Ryan Schwarz Nyaya Health was started by a group of Yale students 6 years ago.  It began when one of our founders, Jason Andrews, traveled to the Achham region and learned about the dearth of healthcare in the region, and the injustices faced daily by Achhami citizens.  Over the last six years our [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/27/theoryofchange/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/27/theoryofchange/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:28 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=3954 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/27/theoryofchange/feed/ 0 Posted by Duncan Maru We in the development, global health delivery, and social justice businesses seek to change current conditions that produce poverty, injustice, and ill-health.  On the one hand, our vision is often ambitious and over-sized for our levels of experience both as practitioners and visitors in communities that can remain unfamiliar even after [...] http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/25/picofwk36/ http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/25/picofwk36/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:00:39 +0000 Nyaya Health http://blog.nyayahealth.org/?p=4133 http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2012/01/25/picofwk36/feed/ 1 Posted by Tess Panizales ————- Tess Panizales is the Quality Program Manager of the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health.   Tweet This Post