Health Legislation

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

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.

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. 

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.

This Act establishes a unified health system, coordinates the inter-relationship between the national government and county government health systems, provides for regulation of health care service and health care service providers, health products and health technologies and for connected purposes.

This document describes for each level of care, the types of services offered, the description and qualifications of the staff that provide the services and the equipment required to carry out the services. The health service packages support the clinical and managerial standards by which the healthcare facilities operate. The ultimate goal of this document is to provide guidance in the organization of private health service facilities to improve the quality of health care and services provided to the population of Rwanda.

The law creates a public administrative establishment, called the "Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire", under the supervision of the Ministry of Health. The mission of the Agence is to implement the strategic orientations of the Ministry of Health in the field of health safety.

This decree, taken in application of the provisions of Ordinance No. 01/95 of January 14, 1995, on the orientation of health policy in the Gabonese Republic and Ordinance No. 10/2011 of August 11, 2011, on the organization of the pharmaceutical sector in the Gabonese Republic, sets the conditions for opening and operating a private health structure in the Gabonese Republic. This decree is located on page 6 of the file.

This decree, taken in application of the provisions of Ordinance No. 01/95 of January 14, 1995, on the orientation of health policy in the Gabonese Republic, of Law No. 4/63 of January 11, 1963, relating to the practice of private medicine in the Gabonese Republic, of Decree No. 213/PR-MSPP-CAB of July 8, 1966 on the regulation of the practice of the professions of doctor, dental surgeon and midwife in the Gabonese Republic, sets the conditions for issuing authorizations relating to the practice of medical and paramedical professions in the Gabonese Republic. See page 9 for the decree.

This order, taken in application of the provisions of Decree No. 213/PR-MSPP-CAB of July 8, 1966 on the regulation of the practice of the professions of doctor, dental surgeon and midwife in the Gabonese Republic and Orders No. 0106/MSPS and 0107/MSPS of March 16, 2015, determines the amounts and terms of payment of fees relating to the issue of authorization to practice medicine, to open and operate a private health structure in the Gabonese Republic. The order is located on page 12 of the file.

This decree, taken in application of the provisions of Law No. 020/2005 of January 3, 2006, establishes the creation and attributions of the Monitoring/Evaluation Committee for the issuance and implementation of authorizations for the exercise, opening and operation of private health structures in the Gabonese Republic. The decree is located on page 13 of the file.

This decree establishes the Steering Committee for the implementation of the Universal Health Insurance Scheme and contains provisions concerning its composition as well as its departmental and regional structures.

This decree was adopted to implement the Law 2014-131 (universal health insurance) to establish the Social Security Institution ("institution de Prévoyance sociale").

The decree creates a multi-sectoral committee to combat counterfeiting and the illicit sale of medicines and other pharmaceutical products, reporting to Niger's Minister of Public Health.

The Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act of 2013 establishes the Allied Health Professions Council, the Medical and Dental Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the Pharmacy Council, the Psychology Council and provides for related purposes.

This Act makes provisions for the establishment of the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority and for connected purposes.

The decree establishes a Committee of Experts in charge of technical evaluation, whose mission is to carry out the technical evaluation of applications for registration of pharmaceutical products for human use. It also gives an opinion on the quality, safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical products for human use submitted for registration.

The decree creates the Commission Nationale du Médicament (CNM) for human use, whose mission is to validate the work of the Expert Committee responsible for the technical evaluation of applications for marketing authorization for pharmaceutical products for human use. It also gives a final opinion on marketing authorization applications; applications for renewal, extension of variation and transfer of marketing authorization; temporary suspension of marketing authorization; and proposals for definitive withdrawal of marketing authorization.

This Act establishes a Health Care Agency and provides for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.