Health Legislation

This law was published in the Official Journal on 10 May 2022. It provides measures to fight violence against women.

The Act amended the National Identity Cards Act, 2011.

This decree sets protective measures for pregnant women at their workplace.

The Resolution approves the Health Policy and the Strategy for its Implementation.

The Decree adopts the National Strategy for University Health Coverage in Niger 2021-2030.

The purpose of the Act is to establish a biometric identification and authentication system for natural persons.

The objective of the law is to provide the general orientation, the principles and fundamental objectives of the State for Health. It considers the international commitments to which the country adhered to.

This Guide provides a comprehensive framework to enhance strategic planning, resource allocation, and performance evaluation, ensuring effective implementation of health programs and improved health outcomes.

These guidelines provide direction to public and private institutions on how to secure a conducive environment for supporting female employees to combine work and breastfeeding. They complement other related materials in the health and nutrition practice.

The decree approves the National Financing Strategy for Universal Health Coverage and its 2018-2022 Action Plan.

The decree approves the national strategy for financing universal health coverage and its action plan 2018-2022.

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

This Law establishes the fundamental principles, rights, and responsibilities for the country's healthcare system, and provides for the overall organization of health care in the country. It also establishes provisions relating to the formulation of the national health policy as well as provides for the creation of the National Health Council.

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.

This Law relates to human reproductive health.

This Law establishes a biometric identity card.

This decree creates the National Identification Card for Cape Verdean citizens and establishes the framework for its issue, replacement, use and cancellation.

The Act mandates the establishment of a National Identity Register, the issuance of national identity cards to persons whose are included in the national identity register and for related matters.

The Decree adopts the National Health Policy 2010-2025. The general objective of the National Health Policy (NHP) is to establish, define and outline guidelines for improving the population's state of health and quality of life in order to achieve the vision of a healthy life for all.

The Act implement the legal provisions of the National Policy for the advancement of Gambian Women and Girls, and incorporates and enforces the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.