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This Ministerial Diploma approves the norms of the organization of the National Health Service for the care and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS and the Guiding Principles for the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS Infection and the respective Technical Guides.

Decreto No 22/99 Aprova o Regulamento de Medicamentos

This Decree regulates the production, import, marketing and dispensing of medicines and one of its objectives is to ensure that medicines in the Republic of Mozambique are safe, effective, of good quality and meet the needs of the population.

The objective of Decree No. 21/99 is to establish the conditions, norms, and procedures for the practice of the pharmaceutical profession in Mozambique, ensuring compliance with technical, ethical, moral, and deontological principles.

The Constitution of Nigeria was promulgated in 1999 and reviewed in 2023. The Constitution contains 320 articles addressing a large number of issues as the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, the fundamental principles of the state and institutional arrangements (see more below).

This law establishes the legal regime for foreign nationals, setting out, in particular, the rules governing their entry, stay and exit from the country, their rights, duties and guarantees. With the exception of visa requirements, this law does not apply to permanent diplomatic and consular agents and their families or to special missions.

The Decree regulates the health care delivery by private entities.

Lei No 21/91 estatuo de refugiado

The law regulates the refugee status. Its definition, the impediment and loss of refugee status, the authorization requirements among others issues.

The law creates the National Health Service of Mozambique. It also provides information on the organization of levels of care in the country: primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary.

Health Record Officers (Registration, etc.) Act

The Act establishes a Board for the control and practice of the profession of health records management and matters relating thereto.

The law states that all health measures of a prophylactic nature are free of charge. Every citizen has the right to free medical care when they are hospitalized. All complementary diagnostic tests are free of charge both in inpatient and outpatient settings. 

Quarantine Act

This Act provides and regulates the imposition of quarantine and to make other provisions for preventing the introduction into and spread in Nigeria, and the transmission from Nigeria, of dangerous infectious diseases.

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