New guidelines issued for ensuring mother’s and newborn’s rights

KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Food Safety has issued the ‘Maternal and Child- Friendly Health Institution Programme Operation Guidelines, 2083’ to ensure the rights of mothers and newborns while protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding.

The Ministry informed through a press note today that a new guideline has been issued to make the programs run under the earlier ‘Mother and Child-Friendly Service Campaign in Health Institutions Guideline, 2073’ more organized and effective.

The new guidelines have set 10 standards each that health institutions must follow for mothers and newborns.

The main goal of the guidelines is to ensure mother and child-friendly services in hospitals and health institutions, providing services to mothers and newborns according to their health, rights, and needs.