The objective of this law is to provide the rules relating to public hygiene and sanitation in rural and urban areas.
Loi N° 2019-677 du 23 Juillet 2019 portant orientation de la politique de santé publique en Côte d'Ivoire
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 decree establishes a Center of Public Health Emergency Operation (Centre des Opérations d'Urgence de Santé Publique - COUSP) (article 2), sets its attributions (article 4), and its organizational modalities (chapter III).
The Code for Public Health and Social Action for People's well -being ("code de la santé publique et de l'action sociale pour le bien être de la population) provides the legal rules applicables to health activities and structures tasked to ensure health protection and promotion. It is important to note that there are reports of a new public health code under development, the latest version that could be retrieved online is however the one provided here (from 1995).