Health Legislation

This Order determines mission, responsibilities and organizational structure of the Ministry of Health which has the mission of promoting the health of the population through the delivery of preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services.

This order establishes the essential medicines list; this list is revised every three years (article 10).

The Constitution of Chad was reviewed and approved by the referendum of the 17 December 2023. The Constitution contains 290 articles addressing a large number of issues as the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, the fundamental principles of the state and institutional arrangements.

The National Health Insurance Scheme Medicines List of 2023 provides a revised version of the Medicines List.

The Kenya Essential Medicines List 2023 builds on past efforts of reviewing the Kenya Essential Medicines List and ensures that medicines required at all the healthcare levels are included to guide efforts to improve access, in line with achieving Universal Health Coverage.

The Constitution of Mali was adopted by referendum and promulgated in 2023. The Constitution contains 191 articles addressing a wide array of issues, such as the protection of fundamental rights, the fundamental principles of the state and institutional arrangements.

The Essential Medicines and Health Supplies List for Uganda (EMHSLU) 2023 reflects the policy of the Ministry of Health, for the appropriate procurement of safe and efficacious essential medicines, health and laboratory supplies in public institutions.

This document provides the list of essential medicines.

The document establishes the National List of Essential Medicines and Other Health Products.

The Decree defines the normative framework for the organization and operation of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene.

The document guides the operationalization of Medicine and Therapeutics Committee Manual in Rwanda to ensure the safe, effective, and efficient management and use of medicines and health supplies in the health facility.

The decree provides the modalities for establishing the list of essential medicines. It was published in the Official Journal of 31 May 2021 (pages 12 -13).

The Decree approves the National List of Essential Medicines. 

This decree establishes the responsibilities, organization and operation of the Ministry of Health.

The purpose of these Regulations is to establish the organizational and operating rules of the National Medicines Council, a body provided for in the Organic Chart of the Ministry of Health, approved by Decree-Law no. 56/2021 of 21 September, which establishes the structure and operating rules of the Ministry of Health.

The Proclamation 1263/2021 was enacted to provide for the definition of the powers and duties of the executive organs of the federal democratic republic of Ethiopia. It includes provisions regarding the mandate of the Ministry of Health (cf. section 35).

The document establishes the list of essential medicines in the Republic of Guinea.

The Constitution was adopted by referendum in November 2020 and has been promulgated by Presidential decree n°20-442. It includes 225 articles addressing a wide array of issues including Fundamental Principles for the Society, Fundamental Rights, Freedoms and Duties, and Organization and Separation of Powers (non-exhaustive list).

The Decree approves the organic statute of the Ministry of Health whose mission is to define and implement the National Health Policy, promote the execution of the Executive's program on health and exercise the corresponding normative and monitoring functions, aiming for universal health coverage in the country.

The order establishes the national list of essential medicines and other health products in Burkina Faso.