Health Legislation

The South Sudan Essential Medicines List (SSEML) is a comprehensive list of medications essential for addressing the country's public health needs, prioritizing safe, effective, and affordable treatments for the most common health conditions.

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 proclamation provides rules to control drugs, medical supplies and sanitary items.