Health Legislation

This law was published in the Official Journal on 10 May 2022. It provides measures to fight violence against women.

The objective of the law is to provide the general orientation, the principles and fundamental objectives of the State for Health. It considers the international commitments to which the country adhered to.

This Law establishes the fundamental principles, rights, and responsibilities for the country's healthcare system, and provides for the overall organization of health care in the country. It also establishes provisions relating to the formulation of the national health policy as well as provides for the creation of the National Health Council.

This Law relates to human reproductive health.

The Act implement the legal provisions of the National Policy for the advancement of Gambian Women and Girls, and incorporates and enforces the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.

This law sets the objectives for the orientation, organization and planning of health care in Mali.

This Act determines the circumstances in which and conditions under which the pregnancy of a woman may be terminated; and provides for matters connected therewith.