Health Legislation

This law, published in the Official Journal on 25 Mai 2023, modifies articles 1,17,27,51 and 79 of the law n°37-2014 establishing the universal health insurance scheme.

This law, published in the Official Journal on 8 June 2023, establishes the National Health Insurance Fund ("Caisse d'assurance maladie universelle").

This law, published in the Official Journal on 8 June 2023, amends articles 4,6,7,8,9,12,17,18,20 and 23 of the law n°31-2011 establishing the social security scheme.

This regulation establishes the rules applicable to the exercise of pharmaceutical activity, in the public and private sectors, by natural or legal persons.

This law was published in the Official Journal on 10 May 2022. It provides measures to fight violence against women.

The purpose of this Law is to establish mechanisms for the protection and promotion of health, the prevention and control of diseases, as well as threats and risks to public health.

The Resolution approves the Health Policy and the Strategy for its Implementation.

This law, published in the Official Journal on 11 June 2020, provides the national legal framework for the security of information systems and electronic communications networks.

This Law establishes the Disaster Risk Management and Reduction Legal Regime, which comprises risk reduction, disaster management, sustainable recovery for building human, infrastructural and ecosystem resilience, as well as adaptation to climate change.

The Decree approves the Organic Statute of the Autoridade Nacional Reguladora de Medicamento (The National Medicines Regulatory Authority). The purpose of this Decree is to define the rules governing the organization, management and operation, as well as the powers of its bodies.

These Regulations provide rules on the registration and access to the market to medicine; licensing requirements for pharmaceutical operations, manufacturers, wholesalers and dispensaries; as well as on record-keeping, import of medicines, and clinical trials, etc.

This law, published in the Official journal on 7 November 2019, is to put in place a system to ensure the protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in particular their privacy, with regard to the processing of personal data; and to ensure that information and communication technologies remain at the service of the citizen and do not infringe individual freedoms.

The diploma approves the rules of Procedure of the Ministry of Health.

The Act contains provisions to provide protection of the interests of consumers by means of investigation, prohibition and control of unfair business practices; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.

This Act regulates the protection of personal data and ensures that the privacy of individuals in relation to their personal data is maintained. It also establishes the Information and Data Protection Commission and provides for all matters incidental thereto.

This decree provides for the organization of the ministry of health and population. It was published in the official journal on 19 July 2018 along with the decree governing the powers and organization of the General Health Inspectorate (decree 2018-269), the decree providing for the powers and organization of the General Directorate for care and health services (decree 2018-270), the decree providing for the powers and organization of the General Directorate for the Population (decree 2018-271) and the decree providing for the powers and organization of the General Directorate for Management and Resources (decree 2018-272).

The decree governs the powers and organization of the General Health Inspectorate.

The decree governs the powers and organization of the General Directorate for care and health services.

The law modifies the articles 8, 135,137,139,159,160,166,195,204,226,244,250,275,292 and the title XII of the Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique. 

This Act amends sections 2, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 17A, 18 and 19 of the National Registration Act of 1986.