Health Legislation

The Constitution of Chad was reviewed and approved by the referendum of the 17 December 2023. The Constitution contains 290 articles addressing a large number of issues as the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, the fundamental principles of the state and institutional arrangements.

The document establishes the National List of Essential Medicines and Other Health Products.

The Act provides for the collection, processing, disclosure, and protection of personal data.

The Act amended the National Identity Cards Act, 2011.

This decree establishes the terms of organization and operation of the National Health Insurance Fund of Chad.

The document has the regulation taken by Lesotho’s government during the emergency of COVID 19.

This law determines the general conditions of asylum in the Republic of Chad in accordance with the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of July 28, 1951 as amended by its New York Protocol of January 31 and the Convention of the Organization of the African Unity of September 10, 1969 governing aspects specific to refugee problems in Africa.

This law establishes a national health insurance Fund ("Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Santé").

The document contains regulation taken by Lesotho’s government during the emergency of COVID 19.

The Constitution of Chad is the supreme law of the country and outlines the fundamental principles and framework of the government.

This Act provides for the establishment of a Medicines Regulatory Authority; for the registration of medicines and medical devices; for the control of medicines and scheduled substances, and for incidental matters.

The Act makes provision regarding the Insurance sector, with the aim of consolidation, administration, supervision, regulation, control, protection and development of insurance business, and for incidental matters.

The Act gives effect to the World Health Organization 's framework Convention on tobacco control.

This document provides for standard treatment guidelines and the essential medicines list.

The Ordinance establishes a National Order of Health Technicians bringing together all health technicians authorized to practice their profession in Chad.

The Act provides for the regulation and control of practices in respect of public procurement.

This act has the aim to consolidate and reform the laws relating to the protection and welfare of children and to provide for incidental matters. The Act covers aspects such as the rights of a child and the responsibilities of its parents; the child in need of care and protection; the offences to health and welfare of children; the conditions to take a child into care and for adoption; trafficking of children; child rehabilitation and conflict with criminal law; police powers and duties regarding children and legislation regarding minor’s criminal law.

The Act mandates the establishment of a National Identity Register, the issuance of national identity cards to persons whose are included in the national identity register and for related matters.

The Act establishes the Data Protection Commission, provide for principles for regulation of processing of personal information in order to protect and reconcile the fundamental and competing values of personal information privacy under this Act and sector-specific legislation and other related matters.

This decree creates the services of the decentralized territorial authorities and fixes their attributions.