Our Approach

We have adopted a comprehensive, community-based strategy to rapidly and effectively expand health services. Four primary objectives guide our on-the-ground approach to clinical and public health practice:

Facilitating resource distribution to resource-denied areas

We will continue to utilize our expanding grassroots social network that is procuring finances and equipment to develop models for resource re-distribution to one of the most impoverished areas of Nepal. This work provides a necessary injection of critical resources for local communities to provide services, maintain and expand training programs, and begin to believe in their right to excellent health and their ability to achieve it. Expatriate staff members provide technical expertise, training and assistance in clinic oversight, but do not receive any financial compensation. Our grants do not fund the salaries or any expenses for expatriate staff; rather, all of our grant funding goes towards the salaries of Nepali staff, supplies, pharmaceuticals, and other health service costs.

Fostering grassroots collective action to fight injustices in health

The local community members and district health officials have been advocating for the expansion of the popular Nyaya Health services. Local community members will take ownership over the health services through the expansion of our existing local management structures. We will continue to employ a diverse all-Nepali staff from all socioeconomic and caste backgrounds. We will expand local investment in healthcare through community-based health insurance programs that we have designed with community members in the region on the basis of our prior research. Beyond these initiatives, we will work with community members to become effective advocates and agents of change to fight for social justice.

Involving the central government in pro-poor health infrastructure

The District Health Office of Achham, operating under the Ministry of Health, is providing essential medicines for maternal and child health, HIV, and tuberculosis. We believe that the government is ultimately responsible for ensuring high-quality healthcare for its citizens. The Nepali government has joined us in the opening of a free hospital, and together we are developing a program to translate long-term responsibility and services into the larger community health system of Nepal.

Achieving transparency and collaboration in global health delivery

As an open-source organization, we continue to make available all of our planning documents, costing tools, clinical outcomes data, and medical protocols online for free download to the public through our website. In so doing, we demonstrate to our supporters clearly what we are doing in a transparent fashion and we facilitate collaboration in global health delivery.

You can read more about our guiding philosophy here.