This Act lays down the fundamental provisions and principles and aims to give concrete form to the rights and duties of the population in matters of health. Its purpose is to ensure the prevention, protection, maintenance, restoration and promotion of people's health. It was published in the Official Journal on 29 July 2018.
This order sets the schedule for mandatory vaccination against some communicable diseases.
The Decree adopts the National Health Policy 2010-2025. The general objective of the National Health Policy (NHP) is to establish, define and outline guidelines for improving the population's state of health and quality of life in order to achieve the vision of a healthy life for all.
The law establishes the bases of the health system in Angola.
The law regulates the state of situation of emergency in Angola. Defining the states of exception as exceptional situations that may suspend or limit the exercise of citizens' rights, freedoms and guarantees.
The Decree, published in the Official Journal of 20 June 1969 provides that some vaccinations may be made compulsory in case of (threat of) epidemic (pages 14-15).