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The document is a comprehensive Regulation on data protection in Nigeria. It is a guide to assist data controllers and data administrators/processors in understanding the controls and measures they need to introduce into their operations in order to comply with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation.

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

The purpose of the law is to regulate the collection, processing, transmission, storage, use, and protection of personal data.

Patient Rights and Responsibilities Charter

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 Data Protection and Privacy Act

This Act protects the privacy of the individual and of personal data by regulating the collection and processing of personal information; provides for the rights of the persons whose data is collected and the obligations of data collectors, data processors and data controllers; regulates the use or disclosure of personal information; and provides for related matters.

Data Protection Act

This Act regulates the protection of personal data and ensures that the privacy of individuals in relation to their personal data is maintained. It also establishes the Information and Data Protection Commission and provides for all matters incidental thereto.

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.

Loi No 2018-027 relative à l’état civil

The purpose of this law is to provide for the rules relating to the civil status of citizens, civil status documents, as well as procedures for registering civil status events and their computerized management. It guarantees every person the enjoyment of the right to recognition in all places of their legal personality.

Patient Rights Charter

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

This Law amended the Law n°14/2008 governing registration of the population and issuance of the national identity card.

National Registration (Amendment) Act

This Act amends sections 2, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 17A, 18 and 19 of the National Registration Act of 1986.

The law institutes in Burkina Faso an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) biometric identity card with an electronic chip. The ECOWAS identity card is an official identification document required for all civil acts.

Decreto-Lei No 18/2017

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 National Identity Register (Amendment) Act of 2017 amends the National Identity Register Act, 2008 (Act 750), to make further provision for the mode of application for identity cards, provide for the conditions and requirements for registration, prescribe information to be supplied by persons to whom national identity cards are to be issued and for related matters.

These guidelines provide guidance towards establishing, acquiring and maintaining current and future mobile based health information systems and Information and Communications Technology infrastructure that foster data and information sharing across multiple systems.

The decree sets out the organization and operating procedures for hospital pharmacies.

The purpose of the law is to govern the protection of personal data.

This document describes each level of the public health system in Rwanda in terms of the types of services offered, the description and qualifications of 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 public health service facilities to improve the quality of health care and services provided to the population of Rwanda.

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.

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