Nyaya Health
Ryan Schwarz, MD, MBA, is on the Board of Directors for Nyaya Health. He is currently a resident in the Harvard Brigham and Women’s/Children’s Hospital Medicine-Pediatrics Residency program.
Roger Wellington-Oguri is an independent software developer and volunteer with Nyaya Health.
Health care delivery in Nepal requires an understanding of the geography of the community being served. And in Achham, geography is truly three-dimensional. Looking only at a map, it’s easy to imagine that elevation differences in Achham are no more significant than they are in most places of the US. But navigating through Achham in three dimensions using Google Earth gives a much better realization of what it means to travel in the region on foot.
Google Earth recently made a big improvement in their satellite images of Achham. You can now see the foot trails, not just the few roads, in the district. The screen shot shows Bayalpata Hospital on its ledge overlooking a tributary of the Karnali (Ghaghara) river.
You can experience Achham in three dimensions for yourself at http://www.nyayahealth.org/mapping/Earth/kmlnetworklink_example.html. You will need to give your browser permission to load the Google Earth plugin, if it isn’t already installed.
This interview with Nyaya Health Executive Director Mark Arnoldy was filmed by members of a Nepali youth media network for national distribution on Nepal Television 2. It brings more awareness around issues of health and nutrition in the country and focuses on how young Nepalis can get involved in creating impact in the often-neglected rural majority.
Voting for the Rising Stars in Global Health competition ends on Thursday, May 31. While still in the running, we’re falling behind and need your help. Please take 2 minutes today to follow the steps below and ask 3 of your friends to do the same. Thank you!
Nyaya Health recently submitted an application to the Rising Stars in Global Health competition, a program of Grand Challenges Canada. This competition aims to tap into the creativity, knowledge and skills of early-career innovators to solve some of the most persistent health challenges in the developing world through scientific/technological, business, and social innovation.
By voting for this video, you are helping Nyaya Health increase our chances at receiving $100,000 as part of the Grand Challenges Canada competition. If Nyaya Health advances to the next round with your support, we will have a 6 in 30 chance at winning $1 million for our innovations around transparency and accountability. Please spread the word by posting on Facebook, Twitter, and lists you belong to.
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Lindsey Youngquist is a Nyaya Health volunteer who is supporting the growth of our community health program after spending time working with Dhulikhel Hospital’s community programs department. She recently posted two photo albums:
Album #1: Photos from around Bayalpata Hospital and particularly in the community during discussions and follow-ups with our Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) and Community Health Worker Leaders (CHWLs)
Album #2: Portraits of Achhami patients and community members. Also photos of our Mass Community Health Program involving street theater to discuss menstrual hygiene and Chhaupadi, traditional Nepali dance, and Public Health education stations. The program was attended by 200-300 people and was a great success and an indicator of future involvement in the community.
What we’re watching: In this TEDMED Talk, medical student Sandeep Kishore says doctors should be better educated about how to stem the world’s growing burden of chronic diseases, including knowledge of root social causes.
Payel Gupta, MD, is the Director of Clinical Operations for Nyaya Health.
Construction has started to help improve a large room that will be used as a staff conference room, library and lounge. We are all very excited to have a space where staff can get together to learn and to relax while off-duty.
Hard at work fixing a window that will help to keep the room dry during monsoon season
View of the soon-to-be staff room from the outside
View of the soon-to-be staff room from the inside
Payel Gupta, MD, is the Director of Clinical Operations for Nyaya Health.
As a part of our mission to build a leading health care facility in Far-Western Nepal, continuing medical education is an important piece of our work. Our health assistants continue to learn and solidify their knowledge during daily teaching rounds where staff and volunteers give lectures on various disease processes and appropriate management. The following day, staff are given a short quiz to test their understanding of the topic presented the day before.
Health assistants take a quiz on material that was presented in a lecture the day before
