Health Legislation

This decree defines the terms and conditions for implementing the mandatory health insurance.

This Decree approves the amended statutes of the Beninese pharmaceutical regulatory agency, now named “Beninese Agency for Medicines and other Health Products”.

The Resolution approved the Treaty Establishing the African Medicines Agency, adopted in February 2019 by the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, held in Addis Ababa – Ethiopia. 

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

This regulation is issued to implement the Food and Medicine Administration Proclamation No.1112/2019. It provides the organization, powers and duties of the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority.

The decree creates the National Institute for Medical Assistance ("Institut National d'Assistance Médicale"), which is placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Health and the financial supervision of the Ministry of Finance. The Institute's main mission is to implement policies, strategies and reforms relating to the financing and delegated management of free health care for Niger's vulnerable populations by the State and local authorities.

The Order adopts the statutes of the National Institute for Medical Assistance ("Institut National d'Assistance Médicale"), which has as its main mission the implementation of policies, strategies and reforms relating to the financing and delegated management of free healthcare by the State and local authorities for the benefit of vulnerable populations in Niger.

This decree confers the management of Universal Health Insurance to the National Health Insurance Institute and the National Social Security Fund.

The law determines the essential rules relating to public health and hygiene in the Republic of Niger. The law contains articles referring to the fundamental principles of health in Niger, such as the functioning of the national health system, or health information; as well as the fundamental principles of hygiene, such as urban health and food safety.

The Decree sets out the statutes of the Nigerian Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency.

This Decree establishes and fixes the rules of organization and operation of the Senegalese Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (ARP)

The decree sets out the powers, organization, and operation of the Institut National d'Assurance Maladie. It was published in the Official Journal on 7 October 2022 (see pages 108 to 114).

The decree sets out the missions, composition, organization, and operation of the "comité de régulation de l'assurance maladie universelle" (universal health insurance regulatory committee). It was published in the Official Journal on 7 October 2022 (see pages 137 to 140).

The purpose of this law is to organize activities related to medicines and other health products in the Republic of Benin.

The law creates the Burundian Authority for the Regulation of Medicines for Human Use and Food. The authority's general aim is to protect public health by promoting the quality and safety of products such as prefabricated and ambient foods, medicines for human use, cosmetics and dietary products containing active ingredients, herbal medicines, traditional medicines, and medical devices, among others.

The decree provides for the organization and functioning of the Central Purchasing Center for Essential Medicines of Burundi [CAMEBU].

The Insurance Act of 2021 establishes the National Insurance Commission, and provides for the regulation and supervision of the insurance market and related matters.

This decree establishes the National Institute for Medical Assistance (Institut National d'Assistance Médicale) whose mission is to implement the policies, strategies an reforms for finanicng and managing free healthcare services for vulnerable populations. It is under the ministry of health (technical supervision) and the Ministry of Finances (financial suppervision). The decree further addresses the mandate, structure and ressources of the Institute.

The Law makes the first amendment to the Law no. 41/VI/2004, of April 5, which establishes the foundations of the National Health Service.

The Decree approves the Organic Statute of the Autoridade Nacional Reguladora de Medicamento (The National Medicines Regulatory Authority). The purpose of this Decree is to define the rules governing the organization, management and operation, as well as the powers of its bodies.