Health Legislation

The Proclamation establishes a mandatory health insurance scheme for pensioners, employees and members of their families in Ethiopia.

This law establishes a social security system aiming at protecting the workers and their family, as well as other categories of the population against the risks and hazards inherent in work and life. This law was later amended by Law n°14-2023.

The law provides rights and protective measures for indigenous populations.

The Law establishes a mandatory health insurance scheme for pensioners, employees and members of their families in Ethiopia.

This Decree amends decree no. 2007- 207 of 2 April 2007 creating the computerized and secure national secure national identity card.

This Proclamation regulates activities in respect of food, medicine, environmental health, health professionals, health and controllable health related institutions in the country.

These regulations establish the Health Professionals Council. The council has, among other things, the following attributions: advise the Minister; work in collaboration with the appropriate bodies, ensure that health professional training offered in the country is of high standard; make sure that professional ethics are observed by professionals; follow up and supervise that the names of registered professionals and those who are cancelled from the registry due to various reasons are properly kept by the secretariat.

The Proclamation regulates different aspects of Public Health such as food quality control and standards (Articles 8 and 9); water quality control (Article 10); occupational health (Article 11), waste handling and disposal (Article 12); availability of toilet facilities in health institutions (Article 13); control of bathing places and pools (Article 14); disposal of dead bodies (art.15); control at entrance and exit ports in Ethiopia making mandatory vaccines for people coming from outside (Article 16); and Communicable Diseases (art.17).

This law provides for the National Order of doctors and specifies its mandate and operating modes.

The Constitution was promulgated in 1995. It includes 106 articles addressing a large number of issues as the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, the fundamental principles of the state and institutional arrangements.

This law provides for the National Order of Pharmacists and specifies its mandate and operating modes.

The Law provides for the family Code.

The Law governs the nationality regime.