Health Legislation

The objective of this law is to provide the rules relating to public hygiene and sanitation in rural and urban areas.

The law adopts the Code of Administrative Procedure. The Code establishes the principles and rules to be observed in the exercise of administrative activity, aimed at achieving the public interest, while respecting the subjective rights and legally protected interests of individuals and legal persons.

The law reviewed the articles 14, 37, 100, 104, 107, 110, 112, 119, 120, 125, 131, 132, 135, 143, 144, 145, 162, 163, 169, 174, 176, 179, 180, 181, 184, 198, 199, 213, 214 and 242 of the Constitution of the Republic of Angola. 

The Decree approves the National List of Essential Medicines. 

The objective of this law is to determine the rules for the organization and the functioning of the National Order of Doctors.

This decree sets protective measures for pregnant women at their workplace.

The Law establishes the Legal Framework for the Formation and Execution of Public Contracts.

The Decree approves the organic statute of the Ministry of Health whose mission is to define and implement the National Health Policy, promote the execution of the Executive's program on health and exercise the corresponding normative and monitoring functions, aiming for universal health coverage in the country.

This decree modifies decree N°2012-488 providing for the powers, organisation and operation of management committees for public schools.

The objective of the law is to provide the general orientation, the principles and fundamental objectives of the State for Health. It considers the international commitments to which the country adhered to.

This law relates to the fight against tobacco; it applies to tobacco growing, regulation of the manufacture, packaging, labelling, marketing and importing of tobacco and tobacco products, as well as advertising.

This Law aims to determine the framework for hospital reform and applies to hospitals ensuring a public service mission.

This decree establishes a Center of Public Health Emergency Operation (Centre des Opérations d'Urgence de Santé Publique - COUSP) (article 2), sets its attributions (article 4), and its organizational modalities (chapter III).

This decree modifies decree N°2016-598 providing for the organization of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene. Changes relate to the creation of a new directorate for judicial affairs and litigation ("direction des affaires juridiques et du contentieux") under the Cabinet and the creation of a Directorate for Family, Mother and Children's health under the General Directorate for Health and Public Hygiene.

This document provides norms and guidelines for HIV prevention for some specific groups.

The objective of the law is to establish an institutional framework for regulating the pharmaceutical sector to ensure market approval and use of pharmaceutical products that are accessible, safe, efficient, and of appropriate quality (art.2). It notably establishes the Authority for pharmaceutical regulation (Autorité Ivoirienne de Regulation Pharmaceutique - AIRP) and addresses its mandates (chapter 1).

The objective of this decree is to define the modalities and procedures for concluding, suspending and terminating agreements governing relations between the Health Insurance Fund (IPS-CNAM) and healthcare providers.

The objective of this decree is to define the requirements and modalities for affiliation to and registration with the general basic universal health insurance scheme (i.e. population groups covered).

This decree sets the amount and the modalities to recover contributions for the UHC general and medical assistance schemes.

The document adopts the Code of Ethics which have the rights, duties and the incompatibilities of practicing the profession.