Health Legislation

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.

The law creates the Order of Pharmacists of Cape Verde and provides its Statutes.

The objective of the law is to define the conditions and the rules for the practice of pharmacy.

This Act gives effect to Article 227 of the Constitution; provides procedures for efficient public procurement and for assets disposal by public entities; and for connected purposes.

This Act establishes the Pharmacy Council of Mauritius and provides for better regulation of the profession of pharmacists.

This Law establishes disaster management in Rwanda.

This Order articulates the values of the pharmacy profession and expected standards of behaviour of pharmacy professionals to clients and the society. It is designed to guide and support professional practice of all pharmacy professionals.

This Act repeals and replaces the Public Health Act (Cap 198). The Act provides the legal framework for the protection and improvement of public health, regulates issues such as sanitation, disease control, environmental health and health care services.

This order sets the schedule for mandatory vaccination against some communicable diseases.

This Act promotes and protects the health and safety of the general public through safeguarding, maintaining and enforcing the highest standards in the practice of pharmacy.

This Act provides a framework for the regulation, development and management of a national health system and sets standards for rendering health services in Nigeria, as well as related matters.

This decree establishes the National Consultative Committee for Vaccination and Vaccines of Benin (CNCV-Benin), defining its composition, its responsibilities and its functioning to advise and guide the country's vaccination policies.

The Public Health Act repeals, re-enacts, consolidates and amends the law relating to public health in Botswana.

This Act facilitates the promotion, co-ordination and regulation of the progress of science, technology and innovation of the country; assigns priority to the development of science, technology and innovation; entrenches science, technology and innovation into the national production system.

This Law determines the organization, functioning and competence of the Council of Pharmacists. The Council shall be responsible for ensuring that the rules, honour and dignity of the pharmacy profession are complied with and ensure the protection of public health. 

This Act establishes the Public Health Authority to regulate and monitor health-related services, and establishes the Public Health Authority Board and the Appeals Board, their functions, powers and procedures and provides for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

The National Public Health Act revises and consolidates the law relating to public health to prevent disease, promote, safeguard, maintain and protect the health of humans and animals and to provide for related matters.

This Decree defines the attributions, the organization and the functioning of the Public Hygiene Police of Mauritania.

This decree, taken in application of the provisions of Law No 20/2005 of January 3, 2006, provides for the reorganization of the National Pharmaceutical Office, abbreviated to OPN.

This order, taken in application of the provisions of order No 001/95 of January 14, 1995, concerning the orientation of health policy in the Gabonese Republic, concerns the organization of the pharmaceutical sector.