Eastern Regional Health Directorate (ERHD), Dhankuta is the major technical and administrative unit of health in the region. ERHD ensures proper delivery of preventive and curative health services through different health institutions in the region. 
Tasks of RHD:

• To determine requirement of manpower for health institutions in the region.
• To ensure supply of drugs, equipment, instruments and other materials at different health institutions in the region.
• To ensure effective implementation of public health programs in the region.
• To manage the immediate solution of problems arising from natural disasters and epidemics in the region at different levels.
• To foster coordination with external development partners for effective delivery of resources and health services in the region.
• To systematically maintain data, statements and information regarding health services in the region, update and publish them as required.
• To identify gaps in health service delivery in the region and seek for solution.
• Supervision/Monitoring in all health institutions in the region.

Introduction
Eastern Regional Health Directorate (ERHD) was established on the basis of the concept of regional development. The office is situated at Pokhara. ERHD is functioning under the organizational organogram of Ministry of Health and Population. It leads the central region in the area of health sector. Thus, it has a direct, strong functional relationship with Department of Health Services (DoHS), Department of Ayurveda (DoA) , Department of Drug Administration (DDA) and also, direct and indirect relationship with  many other sectoral ministries and departments.

Objectives
Interim Constitution of Nepal - 2063 ensures basic health as the fundamental right of people. Thus, health is the basic right of people by law. Primary health care services will be provided according to the proclamation of the Alma Ata Declaration. Thus, ERHD has mainly the following objectives to serve people according to the spirit of the government and the people:

•         To bring the preventive, curative and promotional health services up to the door steps of people
•          Monitoring and supervision of health services

Working Area
Eastern Regional Health Directorate is given the responsibility of monitoring, evaluation and quality control of

•          Allopathic medicine
•          Alternative and Ayurvedic medicine
•          Drug management
•          All health services and activities conducted by governmental and private sector health institutions
•          All regional, sub-regional, zonal, district, ilaka, and village level health organizations under the three departments of DoHS will come under the Regional Health Directorate