/countries/nepal/group-b.jpeg?sfvrsn=f7ec7b2a_3 "Consultative workshop on updating guideline for design and construction of Nepal's health buildings held in Gandaki province, Nepal")
/countries/nepal/team-photo.jpeg?sfvrsn=793eb45f_4 "Consultative workshop on updating guideline for design and construction of Nepal's health buildings held in Gandaki province, Nepal")
Pokhara, Gandaki province - The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) and WHO Country Office for Nepal, organized a one-day consultative workshop to support the revision of Nepal’s “Guideline for Design and Construction of Health Building 2017” on 12 May 2026. Twenty-seven representatives from provincial Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Health, federal and provincial Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC), hospitals, health service directorates, municipalities, health offices, engineering and planning sectors, public health institutions, and development partners participated in the workshop. Participants identified technical and operational gaps in the existing guideline, shared field-level experiences and recommendations, and generated key technical and operational inputs to guide the development of safer, resilient and accessible health facilities in Nepal. Structured group discussions and targeted consultations further focused on strengthening standards related to infection prevention and control, WASH, accessibility, patient flow, biomedical waste management, emergency preparedness, climate resilience, disaster-resistant design, and alignment with current federal structures and national building codes. With the compiled evidence-informed inputs, WHO Nepal will support the MoHP to finalize and disseminate the guideline.