This decree was adopted to implement the Law 2014-131 (universal health insurance) to establish the Social Security Institution ("institution de Prévoyance sociale").
This diploma establishes the technical description of the different institutions of the National Health Service across the four levels of care, the classification and their specific functions.
The law creates the National Health Service of Mozambique. It also provides information on the organization of levels of care in the country: primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary.