Health Legislation

The objective of the law is to establish an institutional framework for regulating the pharmaceutical sector to ensure market approval and use of pharmaceutical products that are accessible, safe, efficient, and of appropriate quality (art.2). It notably establishes the Authority for pharmaceutical regulation (Autorité Ivoirienne de Regulation Pharmaceutique - AIRP) and addresses its mandates (chapter 1).

The objective of this decree is to define the modalities and procedures for concluding, suspending and terminating agreements governing relations between the Health Insurance Fund (IPS-CNAM) and healthcare providers.

The objective of this decree is to define the requirements and modalities for affiliation to and registration with the general basic universal health insurance scheme (i.e. population groups covered).

This decree sets the amount and the modalities to recover contributions for the UHC general and medical assistance schemes.

The decree establishes and organizes the government's ministerial departments.

The decree governs the organization of the Ministry of Health.

This law introduces free healthcare for pregnant women and children under 5 throughout Burkina Faso.

The Constitution was promulgated by the Law N° 2016-886 of 8 November 2016 and modified by constitutional law N° 2020-348 of 19 March 2020. It includes 184 articles addressing a wide array of issues including among other things fundamental freedoms, duties and rights, the fundamental principles of the Republic and institutional arrangements.

This order provides for the organization, attributions and functioning of the National Program for School and University Health.

The Law establishes a mandatory system of insurance for health for the residents in Burkina Faso named Universal health insurance in Burkina Faso ("régime d’assurance maladie universelle au Burkina Faso").

This law provides for the Labour Code, establishing the rules governing the relations between employers and (salaried) employees in the country.

The objective of the law is to define the conditions and the rules for the practice of pharmacy.

The Law establishes a mandatory system of insurance for health for the residents in Cote d'Ivoire named universal sickness cover ("couverture maladie universelle")

This decree was adopted to implement the Law 2014-131 (universal health insurance) to establish the Social Security Institution ("institution de Prévoyance sociale").

The objective of the law is to govern personal data protection.

The decree establishes the pharmaceutical policy in Burkina Faso. The Pharmaceutical Policy is a national planning framework that expresses the government's vision, goals, objectives and strategic interventions for the development of the pharmaceutical sector. The policy aims to improve access to quality healthcare products, available throughout the country at a cost adapted to the population's purchasing power.

The law creates a professional association known as the “Ordre national des Médecins”. It groups together all doctors authorized to practice their profession in Burkina Faso. The document in addition to the text of the law also include Decree 2014-048 providing the Code of Deontology for doctors, the Order N° 2014-149 providing the internal regulations of the national order of doctors and the Join Order N° 2014-572 providing the composition of the disciplinary chamber for the National Order of doctors.

The law reinforces the fight against the use and consumption of tobacco and tobacco products in Burkina Faso. The scope of the law covers the industrial or supervised cultivation of tobacco, the manufacture, packaging, marketing and consumption of tobacco and tobacco products, and exposure to tobacco smoke.

This decree regulates the conditions for the creation and opening of all private health establishments offering reproductive health care and services.

The Decree sets out the conditions for manufacturing and importing contraceptive products into Burkina Faso.