Nepal, Oct. 15 -- The Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene has introduced new provisions to protect the privacy and dignity of mothers receiving maternity services at health facilities.

The Mother and Child-Friendly Health Facility Programme Operating Guidelines, 2026 prioritizes the use of curtains and partitions to ensure privacy during childbirth.

The ministry issued the new guidelines to make the programme more systematic and effective, replacing the framework previously implemented under the Mother and Child-Friendly Services Campaign Guidelines, 2016.

Under the new provisions, health facilities must respect mothers' personal privacy and dignity during delivery and provide appropriate curtains or partitions. Even when several wome...