The mission of AHCN
“Access Health Care Nepal mobilises national and international medical practitioners, biomedical engineers and other health care workers to provide research for development in rural areas of Nepal. The...
View ArticleAHCN in Rukum #4 – Getting there and Team Profiles
As some of you may have read, the current AHCN effort in Nepal is comprised of three phases: 1) documenting the health care needs of rural Nepal, 2) conducting rigorous in-field medical, biomedical...
View ArticleAHCN # 5 in Chitwan: CMCTH Donation and Buying Medicine
We would reach Chitwan on the evening of the first day of our trip. We had a meeting with Professor Harish Chandra Neupane, Chairman and Managing Director of Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital....
View ArticleAHCN # 6 Reaching Rukum on Impossible Roads.
On the third day of our trip we would emerge from the flat Terai region in south into the mountains and on the fourth we would have to drive on roads so poor, that it took us 8 hours to drive 35...
View ArticleAHCN #7 Musikot
Musikot (in the same area as Jumlikhalanga and Salle Bajjar) is the administrative centre of Rukum. Dr. Justin of our team lived here while still a child, before moving to Kathmandu. During our visit...
View ArticleAHCN #8 – Meeting with the Local Development Officer of Rukum
Before proceeding to Rukumkot, we had a meeting with Mr. Bharat Sharma, the Local Development Officer of Rukum, to talk about the health care needs of the district, and about and how AHCN and possibly...
View ArticleThe Harsh Reality for the People of Rural Nepal
The featured image above is a labour bed. This is where mothers of the region give birth – if they go to the hospital at all. At Access Health Care Nepal we believe that health care is a human right:...
View ArticleAHCN and davidkvcs Back After Exam Period
Dear all! AHCN and davidkvcs (author) is back after an unpleasantly long break due to a December exam-period. Starting tomorrow you can expect 20+ updates on behalf of Access Health Care coming to you...
View ArticleAHCN #9 – 14 hours Incredible Walk
After reaching Rukum on impossible roads, meeting with the Local Development Officer, visiting the Salle Bajjar/Musikot District Hospital where we experienced the harsh reality for the patients of...
View ArticleAHCN #10 – Bhattechaur and Sisne Views
After a 14 hour walk we had finally arrived in Bhattechaur, the furthest village we would reach. Before we would proceed to conduct our first health camp in the village, we went to an incredible view...
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