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Ryan Schwarz

About Ryan Schwarz
Ryan Schwarz is currently a resident in the Harvard University Brigham and Women’s/Children’s Hospital Medicine-Pediatrics Residency program. He also works for the non-profit organization Nyaya Health. He completed his MD and MBA at Yale University.

Role(s) / Profession(s)

Physician

Organization

Nyaya Health
Website: http://www.nyayahealth.org/ Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: Nepal About: Nyaya Health's mission is two-fold: 1. To develop healthcare capacity and the provision of free community-based healthcare in rural Nepal; and 2. To establish and disseminate a scaleable model of healthcare delivery in regions affected by poverty, isolation, war, and neglect. Nyaya’s health care development activities are based in the district of Achham, Nepal, and are centered at the Bayalpata Hospital. * Nyaya Health Website: http://www.nyayahealth.org for more information about our organization * Nyaya Health Wiki: http://wiki.nyayahealth.org with details about our clinical protocols, operations, management and financing activities * Nyaya Health Blog: http://blog.nyayahealth.org where staff and volunteers post personal accounts of Nyaya’s work.
Yale University School of Medicine
Website: http://medicine.yale.edu/ Type: Academic Institution Country: United States

Work Location(s)

United States

Language(s)

English

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Recent Contributions

Ryan Schwarz started a discussion "Nyaya Health: PLoS Medicine - Web 2.0 and global health delivery". in the Health IT community.

Our organization, Nyaya Health, uses multiple "Web 2.0" tools in our work in rural Nepal. Our new paper in PLoS Medicine today offers an overview of such tools in health work in resource-poor settings. We greatly appreciate any feedback and advice from others. Thanks! http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000158 Summary Points - The growing ...

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