Health Legislation

This decree creates and adopts a strategic plan for the permanent registration of children in maternity wards in Hospitals and Health Centers and in Civil Registry Offices.

This Act regulates the use, sale, manufacture, advertising and promotion of a tobacco product and provides for connected matters.

The law regulates civil status in Togo. It was published in the Official Journal on 30 June 2009 (pages 6 to 11).

The National Identity Register Act of 2008 provides for the capture of personal information by individuals by the National Identity Authority for the issue of national identity cards; for the protection of the personal information; for conditions of access, use, retention and disclosure of information and for related matters.

This decree defines the scope of the prohibition on smoking in public places or places open to the public, and specifies the powers of health police officers in enforcing the law on tobacco control. It also sets out the rules governing the liability of manufacturers and distributors of tobacco products in the event of damage caused by the consumption of these products.

This Act controls the production, manufacture, sale, labelling, advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products, provides for the Tobacco Control Board, regulates smoking in specified areas and connected purposes.

This Act provides for the establishment of a national identity database and the National Identity Management Commission charge with the responsibilities for maintenance of the national database, the registration of individuals, and the issuance of general multipurpose identity cards; and for related matters.

The purpose of this Act is to: a) protect the health of the population against the many debilitating and fatal diseases caused by tobacco; b) limit the population's access to tobacco and protect it from inducements to use tobacco and the smoking which may result; c) make the population aware of the dangers of tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke.

This Proclamation is to protect the present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke by providing a legal framework for tobacco control measures, and reduce significantly tobacco use and its consequent harm.

The law approves the Civil Registration Code.

These regulations provide for tobacco control measures including tobacco bans, health warnings, advertising restrictions etc.

This Act provides for the compilation and maintenance of a population register in respect of the population of Namibia, for the issue of identity documents to persons whose names are included in the population register; and for the matters connected therewith.

This Act provides provisions on the registration of persons resident in Botswana and provides for matters incidental thereto.

This Act provides for the registration of births and deaths in Zimbabwe.

The law regulates all the aspects regarding civil status matters.

The Act provides for the compulsory registration of births, marriages and deaths.

This law provides rules governing the organization of the civil status and various provisions relating to the status of natural persons.

This Act provides for the registration of persons resident in Zimbabwe and for the issue of identity documents; it further imposes obligations regarding the carrying of identity documents.

The Act consolidates the laws relating to the registration of births and deaths in Lesotho. It makes compulsory the registration of the birth of a child, whether born alive or still-born, and of the death of any person dying after the commencement of the Act (section 3). The office of the Registrar General is the general register office for keeping the register of all births and deaths occurring in Lesotho (section 4).

This Act provides for a uniform law for the registration of all births and deaths in Zambia, without distinction of origin or descent; and provides for matters incidental thereto.