Health Legislation

The Pharmacy Act, 1994 is to revise the laws relating to pharmacy, to establish a Pharmacy Council, for the registration of pharmacies, the regulation and control of the practice of pharmacy, the distribution of pharmacies, the licensing of premises for pharmacies and to provide for related matters. This Act was repealed by the Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act, 2013 (Act 857), section 114.

The order M°154/MSP/CAB of 29 December 1994 provides the structure and mandate for the Departmental Directorate for Health ("Direction Departementale de la Santé"); this directorate represents the Ministry of Public Health at the level of the department or the urban community and participates in the elaboration, implementation and evaluation of the National Health policy ( providing the competence of the Department Direction for Health). The subdivisions of this directorate include an Executive Secretariat; an Administrative, Financial and Personnel Management Department; a Family Health Service; a Programming and Health Information Department; a Health Education, Hygiene and Sanitation Department; a Health Education, Hygiene and Sanitation Department; a Pharmacy and Laboratory Department.

This Decree establishes the Medical and Dental Council, provides for the registration of medical practitioners and dental surgeons and for other related matters.

This proclamation determines the structure, powers and functions of the Government of Eritrea.

This proclamation provides rules to control drugs, medical supplies and sanitary items.

The Civil Service Act establishes the continued existence of the Civil Service in Ghana as part of the Public Services of Ghana, as outlined in Article 190 of the Constitution. Its primary objective is to assist the Government in the formulation and implementation of policies for national development. The Act defines the functions of the Civil Service, including policy initiation, research, implementation, and evaluation, and establishes the Office of the Head of the Civil Service along with its various directorates and units to support its operations.

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.

This Act establishes a national drug policy and a national drug authority to ensure the availability, at all times, of essential, efficacious and cost-effective drugs to the entire population of Uganda, as a means of providing satisfactory health care and safeguarding the appropriate use of drugs.

This Act establishes the Medical Stores Department for the procurement, storage and distribution of medical supplies and provides for other matters connected or incidental to the establishment and management of the department.

The law establishes the bases of the health system in Angola.

This decree sets the modalities for registration on the register of the "Ordre National des Pharmaciens" (National Order of Pharmacists), the operation of the Order, the granting of authorizations to practice as a pharmacist in private practice.

This law provides for the National Order of Pharmacists and specifies its mandate and operating modes.

This Act makes provision for the co-ordination and implementation of measures to alleviate effects to disasters, the establishment of the office of Commissioner for Disaster Preparedness and Relief the establishment of a National Disaster Preparedness and Relief Committee of Malawi, and for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.

The Decree regulates the health care delivery by private entities.

The law regulates the state of situation of emergency in Angola. Defining the states of exception as exceptional situations that may suspend or limit the exercise of citizens' rights, freedoms and guarantees.

This Ordinance-Law establishes an Order of Pharmacists in the Republic of Zaire.

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.

This law provides the rules to govern the profession of dentists.

This law provides the rules to govern the profession of doctors.