Health Legislation

The Charter of Transition refers to the Constitution of 1991 and is structured around four parts. The first provides the values, principles and mission of transition. The Second establishes the transition bodies. The Third part addresses the revision of the transition charter while the fourth part refers to transitory and final provisions.

The law reviewed the articles 14, 37, 100, 104, 107, 110, 112, 119, 120, 125, 131, 132, 135, 143, 144, 145, 162, 163, 169, 174, 176, 179, 180, 181, 184, 198, 199, 213, 214 and 242 of the Constitution of the Republic of Angola. 

The law regulates the State budget and expenditure of the year 2022.

The Law establishes the Legal Framework for the Formation and Execution of Public Contracts.

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 law establishes and organizes the government's ministerial departments.

The decree establishes and organizes the government's ministerial departments.

The decree governs the organization of the Ministry of Health.

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 system for financing the actions of provincial governments and municipal administrations, as deconcentrated executive bodies of the central administration, within the framework of the delimitation of competences for the provision of public goods and services between the central administration and local administrations and between them.

The Constitution was promulgated in June 1991 and modified in 2015. It includes 169 articles organized around 16 titles covering a broad array of issues including fundamental rights and freedoms and institutional arrangements.