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Angola
Organic Statute of the Ministry of Health (Decree 2/00)
This decree approves the organic statute of Angola’s Ministry of Health (MINSA), fundamentally restructuring the ministry to align with public administration reforms and national health needs. It defines MINSA as the central state body responsible for executing and supervising the national health policy. The statute details the ministry’s core responsibilities, including policy development, disease control, human resource management, and the regulation of medicines and equipment. It establishes a comprehensive organizational structure, outlining the functions of advisory, technical, executive, and local bodies, from national directorates to provincial health departments
Use Cases
- The Minister of Health – Lead and Manage the National Health Sector: The Minister heads the entire Ministry, chairs key advisory boards, and has the authority to approve internal regulations for its various bodies.
- National Directorate of Medicines and Equipment – Regulate Pharmaceutical Products: This directorate is responsible for creating standards for medicine acquisition and use, implementing quality control and pharmacovigilance, and issuing opinions on the authorization or withdrawal of products from the market.
- National Directorate of Public Health – Promote Health and Control Diseases: This body creates technical standards, oversees the epidemiological surveillance system, and develops specific programs to combat endemic diseases and promote the health of vulnerable populations.
- General Health Inspectorate – Ensure Compliance and Quality: This body supervises all national health services by conducting inspections, audits, and investigations to ensure legality, efficiency, and the proper use of resources, proposing corrective measures where needed.
- Provincial Health Directorates – Execute National Health Policy Locally: As the local executive arm of the Ministry, these directorates implement national programs and manage the health system within their provinces, overseeing municipal departments and local services.
- National Directorate of Human Resources – Manage the Health Workforce: This body guides human resources for the National Health Service, participating in defining career paths, organizing professional registration, and overseeing training institutions to ensure a skilled health workforce.
Key takeaways you'll learn
The resource’s purpose is to legally define the structure, responsibilities, and functions of Angola’s Ministry of Health (MINSA). It aims to create a modernized and capable administrative body to effectively implement the national health policy, manage the national health system, and guarantee the health of the population.
- Centralized Authority: The Ministry of Health (MINSA) is established as the single, central administrative body of the state responsible for controlling, executing, and supervising all aspects of the national health policy.
- Comprehensive Mandate: MINSA’s responsibilities are broad, extending from policy creation and disease control to human resource development, health infrastructure, regulation of pharmaceuticals, and promotion of healthy lifestyles.
- Structured Hierarchy: The statute details a clear organizational hierarchy with distinct central executive bodies (e.g., Public Health, Medicines and Equipment) and local executive bodies (Provincial and Municipal Directorates), ensuring a chain of command from national to local levels.
- Dedicated Regulatory and Inspectorate Functions: The statute creates specific bodies like the National Directorate of Medicines and Equipment for pharmaceutical regulation and a General Health Inspectorate to ensure quality and legality across the entire health system.
- Supervision of Autonomous Institutes: The Ministry holds guardianship over key autonomous public institutes, such as the National Institute of Public Health (for research) and the Institute for the Combat and Control of Trypanosomiasis, integrating their specialized functions within the national strategy.
