Nyaya Health
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| Founded | 2005 |
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| Type | Healthcare Non Governmental Organization |
| Legal status | 501c3 |
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Achham and Dolakha, Nepal |
| Mission | Possible is a nonprofit healthcare company that delivers high-quality, low-cost healthcare to the world’s poor. The organization is pioneering an approach called durable healthcare, which brings together the best of private, public, and philanthropic models. |
| Website | www |
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Formerly called
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Nyaya Health |
Possible (formerly known as Nyaya Health, and operating in Nepal as Nyaya Health Nepal) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that delivers healthcare vis-à-vis public-private partnership agreements with the Government of Nepal. The organization currently manages the healthcare in Achham, a district in the Far Western region of Nepal in partnership with the Nepali government's Ministry of Health and Population. Since 2008, Possible has treated over 275,000 patients in rural Nepal through a durable healthcare system of government hospitals, clinics, and community health workers.
Since the earthquakes this spring, Possible has committed to building back the healthcare system differently, and is expanding its model to Dolakha District—where 87% of the healthcare facilities were destroyed.
This year, Possible's CEO Mark Arnoldy and Co-Founder Duncan Maru were named Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurs of the year.
In 2014, Possible's Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder Dr. Duncan Maru was awarded an Early Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to scientifically assess certain aspects of our rural healthcare delivery model.
In 2013, Possible won Sappi's Ideas That Matter design competition which enabled the organization to launch its Crowdfund Health campaign on 2 December 2013.
Possible is a partner project of Partners in Health and in 2012, PIH co-founder Paul Farmer spent time working alongside the Possible team in Achham.
Philosopher Peter Singer's organization, The Life You Can Save (named for his book The Life You Can Save) lists Possible as one of its Top 10 Recommended Charities where donors can give most effectively.
In 2011, the charity evaluator GiveWell rated Possible, then Nyaya Health, in the top 1% of charities they evaluated for being proven, cost-effective, underfunded, and outstanding .
Possible is organized as two closely connected NGOs, the Nepal-based NGO (Nyaya Health Nepal) that implements health programs in partnership with the Nepali Ministry of Health and Population, and the International 501c3 NGO (Possible Health) that provides technical assistance and fundraising for the Nepal NGO. Many of the INGO volunteers are young Nepalis who have gone abroad for higher education and are now using their skills to improve conditions in their homeland.
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