Health Legislation

This Act repeals and replaces the Public Health Act of 1960, provides for the promotion, protection and improvement of public health and well-being in Sierra Leone, provides for the protection of individuals and communities from public health risks, provides for the prevention and control of the spread of infectious diseases, provides for local government and community participation in protecting public health, provides for early detection and prompt response to diseases and public health threats and provides for other related matters.

The decree covers the powers, organization and operation of the Public Hygiene Police.

This document sets out the reasons why the Law no. 022-2005/AN on the public hygiene code was adopted. The document make a specific resume for each chapter of the law. 

This law governs public hygiene in Burkina Faso, in particular hygiene on public roads and squares, the hygiene of swimming pools and bathing areas, homes, food products, water, industrial and commercial facilities, schools, pre-schools and health establishments, public buildings and the natural environment, and noise control. Its main objective is to preserve and promote public health.

The Code provides rules on the protection and promotion of health in Burkina Faso. The Code is developed around five axes:  a section on general principles of the health system in Burkina Faso as well as health care and service coverage; a section on general protection and promotion of public health, which includes general and specific sanitary measures; a section on health professions and their legal status and a section on rules for pharmaceutical products, other products and traditional pharmacopoeia.  The last part includes the Final Provisions.