Rural Health Equity Initiative in Far Western Nepal
Nyaya Health operates a primary health center and community health programs in the town of Saphe Bagar, Achham in the remote region of Far Western Nepal. Achham is one of the poorest and least developed districts in the country, and shoulders some of Nepal's highest HIV and maternal mortality rates. Following a decade-long civil conflict, the health infrastructure of Accham has been ravaged. It is home to 250,000 people who are served by only one doctor. Through the innovative application of epidemiological methodologies, information and communication technologies, and accountable community-based management structures, we seek to develop scalable models for expanding health equity and access to marginalized populations.
Documentary of HIV in Far Western Nepal
About Nyaya Health
Nyaya
Health is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to improve the
health of poor communities in Nepal through the provision of medical
and public health services.
Latest News
June 3, 2008 - Congratulations to our new telemedicine design team: Max Fordham, LLP
June 1, 2008 - Nyaya Health receives generous donation from GE and International Aid to deploy the first ultrasound machine in the region
May 5, 2008 - Nyaya Health releases its 2008 first quarter update
April 22, 2008 - Nyaya Health's Telemedicine Working Group "CHWired" wins the $12,000 grand prize in the Yale Entrepreneurial Society's Busines Plan Competition
April 6, 2008 - Nyaya Health opens a new clinic in Achham
February 14, 2008 - Nyaya Health releases our 2007 Annual Report
February 1, 2008 - The Yale Daily News profiles Nyaya Health
December 29, 2007 - Nyaya Health releases our
updated
telemedicine strategy for our project with the
open architecture network
December 22, 2007 - Nyaya Health receives
a generous grant from the
International Foundation
November 9th, 2007 - Dr. Robert A. Levine, Clinical
Professor of Laboratory Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, and
QBC Diagnostics
donate Dr. Levine's invention, Autoread
Plus, a hematology centrifuge system, to Nyaya Health Clinic in
Saphe Bagar.
September 5th, 2007 - Nyaya Health clinic in
Saphe Bagar chosen from among 115 proposals in the AMD
Open
Architecture Challenge as site for construction of a telemedicine
center to facilitate collaboration between international health experts
and local providers and community.
August 1st, 2007 - Nyaya Health completes two community-based health surveys
to solidify the planning process.
April 30th, 2007 - Renovations begin on clinic in Sanfe Bagar,
Achham. See photos
of the clinic and the surrounding area.
December 10th, 2006 - Nyaya Health receives grant from William
Prusoff Foundation.
December 1st, 2006 - America
Nepal Medical Foundation awards grant to Nyaya Health to support
its rural health equity initiative in Far Western Nepal.
