Emerging markets
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Managed Equipment Services – A sustainable model for public-private partnership in emerging markets?
- January 5, 2018
- Posted by: Tanuja Khanolkar
- Category: AFRICA, ASEAN, LATIN AMERICA, Med-Tech Insights, MIDDLE EAST
No CommentsWith more than 11 million children succumbing to preventable diseases annually, health access in Africa continues to be disparate. Although the continent has been gradually winning the battle of communicable diseases in the recent times, burden of non-communicable diseases is observed to be mounting. Healthcare challenges in other emerging regions such as Latin America and -
Market Opportunity Assessment for Select Medical Devices in Kenya
- November 15, 2017
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: Africa, BY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, Cardiovascular devices, Diagnostic Imaging, GTM Strategy, ICU equipment, Market Entry Assessment, Maternal & Infant Care, Nuclear Medicine Equipment, Operating Room devices, Patient Monitoring
“With 74% of its population in rural areas, and health insurance being extended only to 25% of the entire population, healthcare access is limited to a few key regions in Kenya” Overview: Medical Devices Market in Kenya Valued at $120Mn in 2016, the Kenyan medical devices market is being driven by opportunities through risk sharing -
Lessons from Africa – How Algeria is improving maternal care
- November 14, 2017
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- Category: AFRICA, Med-Tech Insights
Combating maternal mortality is a long and ongoing struggle across all developing African countries. Nearly 400 women die every day across the continent during delivery or due to pregnancy related complications. About 15-30% of all deaths in African women are associated with pregnancy, labor and the 6-week period after childbirth. Algeria has established itself as
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Ethiopia’s tryst with teleradiology – Will it reap benefits?
- September 15, 2017
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: AFRICA, Med-Tech Insights
With around 5,500 doctors, Ethiopia’s ratio of doctors to the general population is 1:17,000. This thinly spread ratio of doctors has been the cause of patient polarization from rural areas to major cities for basic diagnosis and treatment. Particularly for diagnostic imaging, there are only around 200 radiologists who are mainly concentrated in Addis Ababa. -
How e-health technologies are helping improve healthcare access in Kenya
- September 14, 2017
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: AFRICA, Med-Tech Insights
In the last decade, Kenya has witnessed substantial growth in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. With 74.2% internet penetration (~12 million Kenyan internet users) and 89.3% mobile phone penetration in 2015, Kenya’s ICT sector is clearly a frontrunner in Africa. However, the healthcare scenario in Kenya doesn’t necessarily evoke similar optimism. The Kenya
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Market Opportunity Assessment for Select Medical Devices in Egypt
- February 17, 2017
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: Africa, BY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, Cardiovascular devices, Diagnostic Imaging, GTM Strategy, ICU equipment, Market Entry Assessment, Maternal & Infant Care, Nuclear Medicine Equipment, Operating Room devices, Patient Monitoring
“While the private health sector shares a significant burden including diagnosis and specialized surgeries, it predominantly serves the better-offs. Public hospitals continue to be the lifeline for majority of the lower middle-income population…” Overview: Medical Devices Market in Egypt Valued at $900Mn in 2016, the Egyptian medical devices market is being driven by opportunities through -
Market Opportunity Assessment for Select Medical Devices in Algeria
- January 17, 2017
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: Africa, BY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, Cardiovascular devices, Diagnostic Imaging, GTM Strategy, ICU equipment, Market Entry Assessment, Maternal & Infant Care, Nuclear Medicine Equipment, Operating Room devices, Patient Monitoring
“With 74% of its population in rural areas, and health insurance being extended only to 25% of the entire population, healthcare access is limited to a few key regions in Algeria” Overview: Medical Devices Market in Algeria Valued at $120Mn in 2016, the Algerian medical devices market is being driven by opportunities through risk sharing -
How Medical Tourism could shape Sri Lanka’s Private Hospitals
- February 14, 2016
- Posted by: Tanuja Khanolkar
- Category: Med-Tech Insights, SUBCONTINENT
Despite the commanding presence of regional stalwarts such as India, Thailand, Singapore and South Korea, proponents of medical tourism in Sri Lanka paint an optimistic picture. With over 2 million tourists anticipated in 2016-17, the demand for medical treatment in conjunction with tourism is likely to gain prominence. Heightened patient footfall in private sector hospitals
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Does Bangladesh need more Telemedicine providers?
- March 17, 2015
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: Med-Tech Insights, SUBCONTINENT
In one of the most densely populated countries with frequent natural disasters and poor primary care facilities, need for telemedicine was realized at least 15 years back. About 80% of Bangladesh’s population stays in rural areas. However, the unequal distribution of physicians and healthcare providers is more alarming than many of its neighboring nations. The -
Indonesia needs new hospitals – Are private providers watching?
- January 19, 2015
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: ASEAN, Med-Tech Insights
9 Hospital beds per 10,000 people (as compared to 29 for the US) 141Mn Projected number of middle and upper-income people in Indonesia in 2020 (as compared to ~80Mn in 2014) 0.2 Physicians per 1000 people (as compared to 2.4 in the US) Historically viewed as a
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