Health Legislation

The decree establishes the principles and rules governing central hospitals.

This law sets out the foundations of the National Health Service, including the definition of health actions and services, on a permanent or occasional basis, by natural or legal persons governed by public or private law, with a view to promoting and protecting health, preventing, treating and rehabilitating illness.

The Diploma approves the general regulation of hospitals in Mozambique. The regulation applies to all hospitals in the National Health Service and to those that are managed by the private non-profit sector.

The document establishes Mali's hospital law. It contains fundamental principles such as the rights and duties of the patient, the obligations of hospital establishments, private hospital establishments, the organization of the hospital system, the evaluation of the hospital system, organization, and other aspects.

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. 

This Law establishes the Health Insurance Scheme for Government Employees in Rwanda. It also determines its functioning and beneficiaries.

This Act establishes the Muhimbili National Hospital, repeals the Muhimbili Medical Centre Act, 1976, makes transitional provisions on such repeal and provides for other related matters.

This decree establishes an autonomous fund to receive revenues from the recovery of primary health care costs in each Integrated Health Center. This fund will primarily support the purchase of essential generic drugs and consumables, the purchase of management tools for cost recovery and the payment of managers' salaries.

This Decree regulates the organization of public hospital health establishments.

This law establishes the foundations for the hospital reform.

This Law regulates the creation, organization and operation of public health establishments. This document is a compilation of several laws and this particular law is located on page 16 of the file.

The Act consolidates the laws relating to registered medical schemes; provides for the establishment of the Council for Medical Schemes as a juridical entity; provides for the appointment of the Registrar of Medical Schemes; makes provision for the registration and control of certain activities of medical schemes; protects the interests of members of medical schemes; provides for measures for the co-ordination of medical schemes; and provides for incidental matters.

This Act is to ensure the provision and maintenance of comprehensive hospital services in Zimbabwe; to provide for the admission of persons to Government hospitals and the fixing of fees in respect of services provided thereat; to provide for the granting to medical practitioners and dental practitioners of the privilege of access to certain Government hospitals and for the appointment of consultant medical and dental practitioners; to provide for the registration of medical aid societies; to set conditions for the registration of private hospitals and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing.

The Act regulates the registration and management of private health laboratories managed by approved persons and in respect of private health laboratory services to be rendered by private health laboratories, and related matters.

The Ghana Health Service and Teaching Hospitals Act of 1996 establishes the Ghana Health Service, provides for related matters including its functions and membership; provides for the administration and management of institutions in the Health Service including state-owned hospitals and health stations; continues the existence and operation of Teaching Hospitals and provides for matters related to the foregoing.

The Ordinance n°95-07 governs the insurance sector. The document provided here includes the text of the ordinance and the text of the implementing instruments.

The Decree regulates the health care delivery by private entities.

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.

This Decree approves the Regulations of the General Social Security Regime.

The Act establishes a Board for the control and practice of the profession of health records management and matters relating thereto.