Health Legislation

The objective of this law is to provide the rules relating to public hygiene and sanitation in rural and urban areas.

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.

The law determines the essential rules relating to public health and hygiene in the Republic of Niger. The law contains articles referring to the fundamental principles of health in Niger, such as the functioning of the national health system, or health information; as well as the fundamental principles of hygiene, such as urban health and food safety.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.

This Law defines the rules of public health and hygiene in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, in particular on public spaces, homes, food and non-food products, water, commercial facilities and industries, educational and health establishments, public buildings, and the natural environment. Its main objective is to preserve and promote public health.

This Decree amends decree no. 2007- 207 of 2 April 2007 creating the computerized and secure national secure national identity card.

The Decree introduces an Identity Card for national citizens based on biometric elements. 

The Law determines the registration of the population and issuance of the national identity card to Rwandan citizens.

This law institutes free treatment of gynaecological cancers by public health establishments for the benefit of women.