Health Legislation

This order establishes the essential medicines list; this list is revised every three years (article 10).

The decree defines the health benefit package of the universal health insurance scheme.

The Decree approves the National List of Essential Medicines. 

The Decree approves the organic statute of the Ministry of Health whose mission is to define and implement the National Health Policy, promote the execution of the Executive's program on health and exercise the corresponding normative and monitoring functions, aiming for universal health coverage in the country.

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

The order establishes the national list of essential medicines and other health products in Burkina Faso.

The Decree establishes free access to family planning care and services in Burkina Faso (art.1). These are provided in public health facilities by community health workers (art.2). Private facilities can choose to implement the same, but need to sign an agreement with the Ministry of Health to settle the conditions and modalities (art.3). Specific services covered are to be determined by a joint order from the Ministers responsible for Health and Finances (art.4). These measures are financed by the budget of the State and partners (art. 5) and will be realized progressively (art. 6).

The Decree creates a management body called "Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie universelle". It is placed under the technical supervision of the Ministry in charge of social protection and the financial supervision of the Ministry in charge of finance.

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 Decree approves the Organic Statute of the Américo Boavida Hospital.

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 Decree establishes the system for financing the actions of provincial governments and municipal administrations, as deconcentrated executive bodies of the central administration, within the framework of the delimitation of competences for the provision of public goods and services between the central administration and local administrations and between them.

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 Decree establishes the General Bases of the National Pharmaceutical Policy.

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.

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