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Possible (also known as Possible Health, [1] and legally registered as Nyaya Health, A Nonprofit Corporation) is a nonprofit that works to provide access to healthcare. Possible roots its work in places like Achham, a remote district in the Far Western Province and Dolakha in Bagmati Province in Nepal.
Most of Nepal's health care facilities are concentrated in urban areas. Rural health facilities often lack adequate funding. [27] In 2003, Nepal had 10 health centers, 83 hospitals, 700 health posts, and 3,158 "sub-health posts," which serve villages. In addition, there were 1,259 physicians, one for every 18,400 persons. [28]
The New York Times notes many Sherpas, who come from rural areas in Nepal, take on the dangerous job since it's one of their few chances to make good money. The paper translated an interview that ...
The Public Employees Federation (PEF) is a labor union representing more than 57,000 [1] professional, scientific, and technical public employees in the state of New York. The union is one of the largest local white-collar unions in the United States and is New York's second-largest state-employee union. [ 2 ]
The Nepal Health Research Council is an autonomous body responsible for promoting and coordinating health research in Nepal working under the Ministry of Health and Population. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established in 1991 under the Nepal Health Research Council Act, the council works to improve Nepal's health status through scientific research while ...
The earliest New York state laws regarding public health were quarantine laws for the port of New York, first passed by the New York General Assembly in 1758. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic precipitated the 1799–1800 creation of the New York Marine Hospital, and in 1801 its resident physician and the health officers ...
Headquartered in New York City, Bloomberg Philanthropies focuses its resources on five areas: the environment, public health, the arts, government innovation and education. [2] According to the Foundation Center, Bloomberg Philanthropies was the 10th largest foundation in the United States in 2015, the last year for which data was available. [3]
Established in January 18, 1993, the institute was named after the late former Prime Minister of Nepal Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala.The Institute became an Autonomous Health Sciences University on October 28, 1998. The Institute took over the management of the 150-bed Eastern Regional Hospital, a Public Hospital, in 1993.