All the health institutions of Purvkhola Rural Municipality of Palpa have become nutrition friendly. Ringnerah, Birkot, Devinagar, Heklang, Jalpa, Siluwa health posts of rural municipality have become nutrition friendly.

Mohan Dhakal, head of the village health branch, said that all the announcements were made after the health institutions of Jalpa and Siluwa became nutritionally friendly.

Purvkhola rural municipality-1, Siluva and 2 Jalpa Health Chowki have been declared nutrition-friendly health institutions. 

Lumbini Province Health Minister Khem Bahadur Saru, District Coordination Chief Tankanath Khanal, Rural Village Chairman Nun Bahadur Thapa, Vice Chairman Bhagirathi Bhattarai, Acting Head of Health Office Tuk Prasad Pokharel, Chief Administrative Officer Sunder Shrestha, Health Branch Chief Mohan Dhakal and others announced that all health institutions are nutrition-friendly by awarding certificates to the ward office and health post.

Health Minister Saru said that all the health posts of the rural municipality should be strengthened after the declaration of nutrition-friendly health institutions by maintaining all the indicators. Coordination Chief Khanal said that the recommendations to be completed during the announcement should be made to monitor and implement continuous studies. 

Village Chairman Thapa said that women community health volunteers, health management committee, nutrition and food safety directorate committee should be made more responsible and sustainable.

It is arranged that all the officers of the health management and board of directors will be in the ward level nutrition and food safety board of directors . Bhattarai, the vice-president of the rural municipality, said that with the aim of activating the ward-level nutrition and food safety committees of all the wards within the municipality, the committee declared nutrition-friendly health institutions.

Health Office Chief Pokharel, Chief Administrative Officer Shrestha and others said that the rural municipality has been doing achievement-oriented work in the field of health since the past years. They said that the cooperation of all parties will be necessary for continuity in the days to come and there will be a challenge for its sustainability.

Health branch chief Dhakal said that health institutions under the leadership of all health centers in the municipality have completed the guidelines directed after the nutrition-friendly health institution declaration program campaign.

By appointing a contact person from among the health workers, there will be at least one trained manpower available in the health institution to provide special nutrition services. There should be an arrangement of accessible and safe drinking water facilities for all service providers and service providers related to drinking water and hygiene in health institutions.

To become a nutrition-friendly health institution, accessible and clean toilets should be provided for all service users and service providers. Hand washing facilities with soapy water have been arranged in all toilets and service rooms. In the health institution, baby weighing machine, height, length measuring machine, Muak tape are available . 

Nutrition Special services for providing medicines and materials needed for vitamin A capsules, ringworm medication, zinc tablets, Balvita packets, iron folic acid tablets, prepared therapeutic food stock should be available for at least one month . At least once a month, there is a meeting of the health institution operation and management committee.

stating that there will be a discussion about nutrition, various informational materials related to nutrition have been displayed in a place visible to the customer. 

Child health card, nutrition register of children under two years of age, village clinic register and report form, register of women health volunteers have been kept in order in health institutions. 

The health center claims that all the services of the health institution's monthly report form, nutrition service quality assessment checklist, nutrition special program as provided by the nutrition service quality improvement directive 2078 are available. 

Nutrition corner has been set up in all health institutions . Under the leadership of the health post, ward level nutrition and food safety directorate committee meetings are held to inform about the necessary guidelines to create a nutrition-friendly health institution. Women community health volunteers and health workers have increased their activity in the community in order to improve the deficiencies seen in the health institution evaluation.