title: Decree No. 955, 11 May 1988.
abstract: This Decree sets forth the Health Code of El Salvador.  Among other things, it describes health activities with respect to maternal-child health.  It provides that it is the "ineluctable obligation of the State to promote, protect, and restore the health of the mother and child by all means at its disposal."  To this end, health organizations are "to give preventative and curative attention to the mother during pregnancy and delivery and after birth and the same to children from conception to the end of schooling."  The State is also to promote the creation, maintenance, and development of organizations whose goal is the protection of the mother and child.  The Decree lists, among health infractions, the failure to have a blood test for syphilis performed on every pregnant woman.  The Decree also provides that the Ministry of Health, in conformity with its resources and regulations, is to give assistance to the elderly and to indigent disabled persons.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000569:Americas; D002489:Central America; D002662:Child Health Services; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004194:Disease; D004544:El Salvador; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D007239:Infections; D007843:Latin America; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases; D013587:Syphilis
keywords: Adult; Age Factors; Aged--legal aspects; Americas; Central America; Child Health Services; Delivery Of Health Care--legal aspects; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; El Salvador; Handicapped--legal aspects; Health; Health Services--legal aspects; Infections; Latin America; Legislation; Maternal Health Services; Maternal-child Health Services--legal aspects; Measurement; North America; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnant Women--legal aspects; Prenatal Care--legal aspects; Primary Health Care; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Methodology; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Social Protection; Syphilis--legal aspects; Testing--legal aspects