Health Legislation

The decree creates a multi-sectoral committee to combat counterfeiting and the illicit sale of medicines and other pharmaceutical products, reporting to Niger's Minister of Public Health.

These Regulations govern the issuance of licenses for the importation, exportation, manufacture, distribution, and retail of drugs, etc.

This Act provides for the registration, regulation of the sale, distribution, importation, exportation, manufacture and dispensing of medicines and related substances, and matters incidental thereto.

This Act makes provisions for the establishment of the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority and for connected purposes.

The decree establishes a Committee of Experts in charge of technical evaluation, whose mission is to carry out the technical evaluation of applications for registration of pharmaceutical products for human use. It also gives an opinion on the quality, safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical products for human use submitted for registration.

The decree creates the Commission Nationale du Médicament (CNM) for human use, whose mission is to validate the work of the Expert Committee responsible for the technical evaluation of applications for marketing authorization for pharmaceutical products for human use. It also gives a final opinion on marketing authorization applications; applications for renewal, extension of variation and transfer of marketing authorization; temporary suspension of marketing authorization; and proposals for definitive withdrawal of marketing authorization.

This Act repeals and substitutes the Constitution of Zimbabwe. The new Constitution, provided in the schedule of the Act, includes 345 articles addressing a wide array of issues including, among others, founding provisions, national objectives, citizenship, declaration of rights, the executive, the legislature, the judiciary and the courts, principles of public administration, civil service and security services, local authorities, corruption etc. (non-exhaustive list).

These guidelines establish an Essential Drug List of Botswana of 2012 and provide the requirements regarding the levels of availability across health care providers.

The decree establishes the pharmaceutical policy in Burkina Faso. The Pharmaceutical Policy is a national planning framework that expresses the government's vision, goals, objectives and strategic interventions for the development of the pharmaceutical sector. The policy aims to improve access to quality healthcare products, available throughout the country at a cost adapted to the population's purchasing power.

This document provides for standard treatment guidelines and the essential medicines list.

The decree revises Niger's national list of essential medicines from 2009

This Act provides for the establishment of an independent Drug and Food Control Authority in South Sudan and provide an appropriate and effective independent regulatory mechanism to control and regulate the manufacture, supply, promotion, marketing, advertising, distribution and use of drugs, poisons, chemicals, cosmetics medical devices and food for human or animal use.

This Act regulates the conduct of clinical trials for medicinal products in Mauritius.

The Constitution of South Sudan was adopted in 2011. It is the supreme law of the state. The Constitution sets out the values and principles of organization of the state, establishes the rights, freedoms and obligations of the people, sets up key state institutions and bodies, etc. The Constitution of South Sudan consists of 200 articles that are grouped into fifteen parts, supplemented by 5 schedules.

The Constitutional Petition No. 16 of 2011 challenges the government's failure to provide minimum maternal health services, asserting that this violates constitutional rights to health, life, and dignity. In 2015, the Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the petitioners, emphasizing the need for the government to ensure access to essential maternal health services, such as skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care, to protect the right to life and dignity.

The Constitution of Angola was promulgated in 2010. The Constitution contains 244 articles addressing a large number of issues such as the protection of fundamental rights, freedoms, guarantees  and duties, the fundamental principles of the state and institutional arrangements. The Constitution was amended in 2021 (the 2021 amendment is available in the legislation repository).

The Decree establishes the General Bases of the National Pharmaceutical Policy.

The Constitution of Kenya is a supreme law of the Republic of Kenya. It was adopted in 2010 and replaced the previous Constitution of 1963. The Constitution consists of 264 articles that are arranged into 18 chapters covering such issues as the bill of rights, organization of the state, separation of powers, electoral framework, etc.

The Constitution of Madagascar was adopted in 2010. It consists of 168 Articles that are grouped into seven titles. The Constitution addresses a wide range of issues such as the fundamental principles of the State, freedoms, rights and obligations of the citizens, organization of the State, key organs of the state, etc.

This Law defines the legal provisions relating to medicines, medical devices, other health products and the practice of pharmacy in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. This Law is published in a collection of other legislative acts and can be found on page 3 of the file.