Health Legislation

The instructions govern dual clinical practice in Rwanda. The Instructions apply to medical doctors and dental surgeons working in health facilities.

The Instructions are intended to improve the quality of health care services provided in private health facilities to the Rwandan population and to determine the basic requirements for the operation of a private health facility. These instructions do not regulate traditional, alternative and complementary medicine.

The document sets out guidelines to provide guidance to health care providers of public and private facilities during the process of referral and promote the quality and continuity of health care services.

By this decree, the Government of Benin appoints the auditors of the National Health Insurance Agency.

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

This Proclamation is to provide for Food and Medicine Administration. It provides rules to regulate several areas including food, medicine, medical devices, cosmetics, and tobacco products.

This Decree creates and establishes the rules for the organization and operation of the National Order of Dental Surgeons of Mauritania (ONMD). This Decree is published in a collection of other legislative acts and can be found on page 16 of the file.

This Decree creates and establish the rules for the organization and operation of the National Order of Physicians of Mauritania (ONMM). This Decree is published in a collection of other legislative acts and can be found on page 4 of the file.

This Decree creates and establishes the rules for the organization and operation of the National Order of Pharmacists of Mauritania (ONPM). This Decree is published in a collection of other legislative acts and can be found on page 10 of the file.

The document establishes the standards for the authorization to operate a private health facility in Rwanda.

The Patient Charter is an official document by the Government of Uganda that spells out the various Patient Rights and Responsibilities for the service consumers in the national health care system.

The law sets out the fundamental principles and rules for the organization and operation of the national public health system.

This order, which provides for the organization and governance of health structures in the Gabonese Republic, supplements order No 1/95 of January 14, 1995, providing guidance for health policy in the Gabonese Republic.

The law regulates the manufacture and registration of medicines, the approval of medical devices, and sets out rules for pharmacies and the practice of the profession of pharmacist.

The Patients' Rights Charter outlines the fundamental rights of patients in Rwanda.

This Law establishes the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority and determines its mission, organization and functioning. The authority has a legal personality and enjoys administrative and financial autonomy. 

The Curriculum for the Diploma in Pharmacy are the guidelines for the training and qualification in pharmacy.

The decree approves the plan of positions, careers and salaries for the staff that make up the medical career. The system applies to all doctors in the National Health Service who are part of the career. The aim of establishing a medical career is to guarantee and organize the exercise of medical activity in the National Health Service. It is also a particular objective of the medical career to encourage and reward scientific research and experimentation in the field of medicine in Cape Verde.

This decree sets forth the principles and regulations for health units within the National Health Service. It outlines specific statutes for these units, differentiating between those operating as public business entities and those in the public administrative sector. The decree applies to all National Health Service entities in the healthcare network, including hospitals, hospital centers, local health units, and other establishments providing care to National Health Service users, under public-private partnership agreements.

The Law creates a professional order called the "Ordre national des sages- femmes/maïeuticiens de Guinée", which groups together all midwives/maïeuticians required to practice in Guinea.