Health Legislation

This Decree sets the operation modalities for some health competencies transferred by the State to the regions.

This document provides the list of essential medicines.

This Order provides for the creation of the Centre de Coordination des Opérations d'Urgences de Santé abbreviated to ‘CCOUSP’ (coordination center for health emergency operations).

The South Sudan Essential Medicines List (SSEML) is a comprehensive list of medications essential for addressing the country's public health needs, prioritizing safe, effective, and affordable treatments for the most common health conditions.

This decision by the minister of public health provides for pricing scheme for the treatment of severe malaria.

This decree governs the organisation of the Ministry of Public Health and addresses among other things, the missions of the ministry (art. 1) and its structure (general structure is fleshed out under article 2).

This decision by the minister of public health provides the prices and conditions of availability of rapid malaria diagnosis kits.

This Act provides for the establishment of an independent Drug and Food Control Authority in South Sudan and provide an appropriate and effective independent regulatory mechanism to control and regulate the manufacture, supply, promotion, marketing, advertising, distribution and use of drugs, poisons, chemicals, cosmetics medical devices and food for human or animal use.

These Regulations outline the rules for acquiring nationality, issuance of the nationality certificates, loss of nationality, civil registry of the South Sudanese nationals, etc.

The Constitution of South Sudan was adopted in 2011. It is the supreme law of the state. The Constitution sets out the values and principles of organization of the state, establishes the rights, freedoms and obligations of the people, sets up key state institutions and bodies, etc. The Constitution of South Sudan consists of 200 articles that are grouped into fifteen parts, supplemented by 5 schedules.

These Guidelines provide comprehensive protocols for healthcare workers in South Sudan, outlining evidence-based practices for preventing and treating common diseases and conditions at primary and secondary care levels.

This law provides the rules to govern the profession of opticians.

This law provides the general framework for the action of the State in the area of health.

This decree sets the modalities for registration on the register of the "Ordre National des Pharmaciens" (National Order of Pharmacists), the operation of the Order, the granting of authorizations to practice as a pharmacist in private practice.

This law provides the rules to govern the profession of dentists.

This law provides the rules to govern the profession of doctors.

This law establishes the national identity card.

This law provides the rules to govern the profession of pharmacists.

This law modifies articles 3, 5, 6, 7, 15 and 36 of the law n°84-10 setting the organization of the medical and health profession ("Loi No 84-010 fixant l'organisation de l'ordre des professions Medico-sanitaires: infirmier, sage-femme et technicien medico-sanitaire").