6. Where We Work: Nepal – Achham District, Far Western Region
7. Where We Work 250,000 population of Achham 0 number of allopathic doctors in Achham before Nyaya 10+ hours in bus to reach the nearest airport and operating room 14 hours in bus to reach the nearest intensive care unit 6% & 54% Female and male literacy rates, respectively 1 in 125 deliveries results in the mother’s death 64 number of stillborns for every 1,000 live births 50% of men migrate to India for work; over 7% return with HIV 99.5% of babies are born in homes and cattle sheds 50¢ average daily per capita income in Achham 60% 60% of children are chronically malnourished 3
9. History: Sanfe Bagar Primary Health Center Opened for service April 6, 2008 Served over 17,000 patients between April ’08 and May ‘09 Services included: Outpatient department 24 hour emergency services Maternity suite with 24 hour-obstetric services Diagnostic laboratory Pharmacy 23 all-Nepali staff All services completely free
11. History: Transition to Bayalpata Hospital Goal: infrastructure development, capacity building, not just care provision Goal: to collaborate with the government in the development of pro-poor, rural health care development Government contract for 5 years signed June 2009 – June 2014 Ministry of Health & Population to take over Bayalpata Hospital in 2014
Animate slide so maps show up together, then circles appear kathmandu, everest, achham~450k/ 275 miles (as crow flies) KTM to Achham(do NOT discuss)geography has played an important role in historic socio-politics with the recent civil conflict$65k to climb Everest
Ultimately, our goal is to reduce maternal mortality at a population level. This is expressed commonly as the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), which is a public health outcomes measure that describes the risk of pregnancy in a population. Its units are deaths per 100,000 live births. The current best estimate of MMR in Achham is 800. This is 200x higher than the MMR of 4 in many communities in the United States. The most precise data on MMR are taken from facilities data. These, however, are typically not very accurrate since they grossly underestimate MMR in areas such as Achham where only a small number of pregancies actually take place in medical facilities. In Achham, for example, the number is 0.5%, or 1 in 200. Greater details regarding the methodology for our mortality assessments are provided on our Mortality Data page.
Stress the “success” of being approached by the gov’t for collaboration – this slide should really just be “a few months after opening the clinic, we were approached by the government and local community, and offered to join in a public-private partnership to re-open the Bayalpata HospitalBridge to next slide where meat of the discussion is (with text bullets)
Stress the importance of our philosophy in how we approach our work
After discussing importance of transitioning to Bayalpata, this should be a quick overview of basic services