This decree modifies decree N°2016-598 providing for the organization of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene. Changes relate to the creation of a new directorate for judicial affairs and litigation ("direction des affaires juridiques et du contentieux") under the Cabinet and the creation of a Directorate for Family, Mother and Children's health under the General Directorate for Health and Public Hygiene.
The objective of the law is to establish an institutional framework for regulating the pharmaceutical sector to ensure market approval and use of pharmaceutical products that are accessible, safe, efficient, and of appropriate quality (art.2). It notably establishes the Authority for pharmaceutical regulation (Autorité Ivoirienne de Regulation Pharmaceutique - AIRP) and addresses its mandates (chapter 1).