Health Legislation

The Act amended the National Identity Cards Act, 2011.

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

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

The South Sudan Essential Medicines List (SSEML) is a comprehensive list of medications essential for addressing the country's public health needs, prioritizing safe, effective, and affordable treatments for the most common health conditions.

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.

This Act provides for the establishment of an independent Drug and Food Control Authority in South Sudan and provide an appropriate and effective independent regulatory mechanism to control and regulate the manufacture, supply, promotion, marketing, advertising, distribution and use of drugs, poisons, chemicals, cosmetics medical devices and food for human or animal use.

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.

These Regulations outline the rules for acquiring nationality, issuance of the nationality certificates, loss of nationality, civil registry of the South Sudanese nationals, etc.

The Constitution of South Sudan was adopted in 2011. It is the supreme law of the state. The Constitution sets out the values and principles of organization of the state, establishes the rights, freedoms and obligations of the people, sets up key state institutions and bodies, etc. The Constitution of South Sudan consists of 200 articles that are grouped into fifteen parts, supplemented by 5 schedules.

These Guidelines provide comprehensive protocols for healthcare workers in South Sudan, outlining evidence-based practices for preventing and treating common diseases and conditions at primary and secondary care levels.

The policy establishes the national list of essential medicines and treatment guidelines in Lesotho.

This Proclamation is to protect the present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke by providing a legal framework for tobacco control measures, and reduce significantly tobacco use and its consequent harm.

These regulations govern the issuance of work permit to non-nationals.

This proclamation govern employment relations between Eritrean employees and foreign diplomatic missions or international organizations operating in Eritrea, unless other specific agreements to the contrary are concluded with Eritrean Government.

The Act establishes the Lesotho Nursing Council, and makes provisions with respect to the education and training, registration, the practice of nursing and midwifery, regulation of professional conduct of nurses and midwives and for related matters.

The Constitution of Eritrea includes 59 articles addressing, among others, the State's structure, symbols and languages, the National objectives and directive principles, the fundamental rights, freedoms and duties, the institutions in place including the National Assembly, the Executive power, and the judiciary.

The Act is to establish the Disaster Management Authority; to regulate its powers and functions and to make provision with respect to emergencies arising out of disasters including prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery measures for the protection of life and property from the effects of disasters.