Health Legislation

This Decree establishes the rules for the organization and functioning of the National Health Insurance Fund of Mauritania.

This Order establishes the health insurance regime in Mauritania. Specifically, it delineates the groups benefiting from the insurance regime, groups of services guaranteed, financing and reimbursement mechanisms, etc.

The Code for Public Health and Social Action for People's well -being ("code de la santé publique et de l'action sociale pour le bien être de la population) provides the legal rules applicables to health activities and structures tasked to ensure health protection and promotion. It is important to note that there are reports of a new public health code under development, the latest version that could be retrieved online is however the one provided here (from 1995).

The Constitution of Mauritania was first adopted in 1991 and promulgated by Ordinance No 91.022 of 20 July 1991; it was subsequently re-established and revised in 2006, 2012 and 2017. The Constitution of Mauritania is the supreme law of the state that provides the key values and principles of the organization of the state, provides for the rights, freedoms and obligations of the people, establishes the key state institutes and bodies, etc. The Constitution of Mauritania consists of 102 articles that are grouped into 12 titles.

This law institutes a national card certifying the holder's identity.

The law regulates all the aspects regarding civil status matters.