Nurses and other health professionals in Nepal are under huge pressure.

Over the past three months, ensuring that healthcare staff are protected and safe whilst on duty has been one of our main priorities.

For such a heartfelt account of your experience with us.

For sharing your experience with us. We were delighted to hear that this workshop was of use to you and your colleagues!

Patan Mental Health Hospital is the largest of its kind in Nepal.

This year’s theme is greater investment, greater access.

For our team, and for thousands across the world, the 10th of October is one of the most important dates on our calendar – the day we…

Covid-19 is tough, but so are we! Another monthly community mental health outreach clinic delivered in Eastern Nepal, following all…

Most likely. At Jaya we are providing both practical and emotional support to nurses at the forefront of the covid-19 fight.

Despite the ongoing pandemic, Jaya’s staff has once again joined forces with Ilam’s Health Assistants and local volunteers to deliver a…

Named “the last forbidden Kingdom”, Mustang was inaccessible to foreigners until October 1991.

So far our team of psychiatrists, counsellors and nurses have seen 44 patients. This January Jaya’s mobile medical team will stay in the…

At Jaya, in addition to bringing mental health care to remote corners of South Asia, we also train local communities in basic, but at times…

This blog was written by João Marçal-Grilo, Founding Director of Jaya Mental Health.

This is the story of our wonderful Sailesh Bhandari, a Nepalese Clinical Nurse determined to raise the profile of nursing both in Nepal and…

One of our team's many dreams has always been to open an information resource centre/library for nurses in Nepal. We wanted to create a…

Finally nurses and other health professionals in Nepal have started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. This means that in addition to being…

This is Kshitij Lungeli, our Counsellor working in the remote hilly area of eastern Nepal. Like the trees covering the peaks of the lower…

In Nepal, the Female Community Health Volunteer programme (FCHV) started in the late 80s. Today.

We are delighted to join once again Nursing Now and the Nightingale Challenge Global Solutions Initiative on this exciting webinar on…

In many medium and low-income countries school nurses are the only qualified health professionals children and adolescents have access to.…

You probably heard on the news that COVID-19 continues to inflict illness and misery across India, Nepal, Pakistan and other Asian…

Nurses in South Asia are exhausted.

Stress management and self-care for nurses webinar.

Jaya Mental Health is once again joining Nursing Now and the Nightingale Challenge Global Solutions Initiative for a second webinar on…

A special thank you to the Burdett Trust for Nursing for all the support offered to Jaya Mental Health and for sharing our story with…

Nurses in Nepal need your support. A message from our amazing Lajja

An urgent message from Susmita Bogati, Nepal-based nurse and counsellor. Please share this appeal and support nurses in South Asia. Thank…

Thank you for your support

12th May. Patients desperate for a bed and oxygen outside Teku hospital, Nepal.

COVID-19 spirals out of control in Nepal: ‘Every emergency room is full now’, reports National Geographic.

Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) are the backbone of health and social care services across the Himalayan range.

8th June 2021: Another stress management and self-care workshop offered to over 40 nurses caring for covid-19 patients at the Sahid…

We are excited to announce another webinar run by our Nepal-based team, this time opened not just to nurses and health care staff, but to…

Jaya Mental Health is delighted to be joining Haripur University and the Psychology department on this interactive online class on…

We are super excited to announce that our Founding Director João Marçal-Grilo has been nominated for the Mental Health Nursing Award in the…

Nurses are not just caregivers, they are innovators and game changers.

Climate change is hurting our planet and our physical and mental health. We must all act together to change this path of self-destruction.

Training school-based nurses in Nepal is one of the most exciting but also challenging projects we have decided to embark on.

These are the faces of some of the first nurses ever to be allocated to schools in Nepal. Many will be placed in remote communities where…

Today, the 10th of September, is World Suicide Prevention Day. Did you know that more than 700,000 suicides were reported globally in 2019?

Thank you to all the Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) and Health Assistants who could join us for another WHO mhgap training,…

Gradually, Health Assistants (HAs) and Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVS) in Ilam, eastern Nepal, are feeling more confident in…

Celebrating World Mental Health Day in Nepal - a huge thank you to everyone who joined our team in Bhaktapur and in Ilam to celebrate this…

We are over the moon to announce that our Founding Director João Marçal-Grilo has won the Mental Health Nursing category of the Royal…

We are delighted to once again join the Nursing Now Challenge on the 17th November

We are delighted to have been invited by the Nursing and Social Security Division of Nepal to offer training on communication skills to…

And finally, our Jaya Mental Health/Unity in Health Nepal sign boards are up!

Jaya Mental Health's suicide prevention posters are now up on the walls of several health posts located on the mountains of Eastern Nepal.

This is Susmita, a mental health nurse and one of our staff members in South Asia.

Prevention is an important approach to improving mental health. It means stopping mental health problems from developing, getting worse or…

As the Covid-19 vaccination campaign continues in eastern Nepal.

Today it's International Volunteer Day! Without volunteers, organisations like Jaya Mental Health simply wouldn't exist.

Gradually, the community workers we've been training and working with for the past 2 years, are taking over Jaya Mental Health's free…

Three years ago, Raj witnessed the tragic death of two of his closest friends. Such loss had a profound effect on him.

Wishing all our friends across the globe a wonderful new year!

Lately, many of us talk of being tired of chatting to family, friends and colleagues via a computer or phone screen.

Once again, we are over the moon to join the Nursing Now Challenge and Jphiego on another Nursing & Midwifery in Crisis webinar.

Effective communication is central to the provision of compassionate, high-quality nursing care

Today the 8th of March, is International Women's Day. Much of Jaya Mental Health's work focuses on improving access to quality mental…

Wishing all our friends across the globe a wonderful new year!

Lately, many of us talk of being tired of chatting to family, friends and colleagues via a computer or phone screen.

This month, alongside Marjorie Gardner our Director of Education, two Occupational Therapist volunteers Nadia Khan and Khazina Hussain from…

Recently our team has travelled to Ilam in Eastern Nepal where our mental health clinics were set up in 2018.

For two and half years, Jaya Mental Health (JMH) worked closely with school nurses in a region of Nepal, in a joint effort to improve care…

Wonderful to meet members of the Rotary Club of Kathmandu Mid-Town this morning. The Rotary Club is one of the world's largest and most…

Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses visual and tactile media as a means of self expression and communication.

The 10th of September is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), every year some 700 thousand…

An absolute honour to have joined all other Nepalese Mental Health Organisations in this past Sunday's walk on World Suicide Prevention…

Jo is the latest volunteer joining our Nepal-based team.

Community based health care is often the only form of health support available to people living in remote parts of the world.

Bhaktapur Hospital is one of the oldest and largest hospitals in Nepal. It is also home to a fantastic nursing workforce, eager to learn…

We are delighted to welcome Dr David Sims, Medical Director, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCT) to Jaya's office in Nepal.

More than one billion people volunteer globally for solidarity and humanity, for people and the planet. At Jaya Mental Health, none of what…

For many people around the world who celebrate Christmas, this time of the year equals holidays. For most health professionals and…

We couldn’t have started 2024 in a better way – sharing the findings of our joint community mental health pilot project in Ilam, eastern…

Today is #TimeToTalkDay the UK’s biggest mental health conversation. Happening every year, it’s a day for friends, families, communities,…

Strong Nursing leaders are vital to shape and improve care. We’ve been working with an incredible group of nurses from Bakthapur General…

The notion that caregiving jobs are women’s work is outdated. Nevertheless, male nurses remain hard to find, no matter where in the world.……

Today marked a milestone at JMH as we hosted our art therapy session, bringing together a diverse group of both female and male nurses from…